Maryland Casualty Co. v. Scruggs

The Maryland Casualty Company, hereinafter called appellant, instituted this suit in the district court of Donley county, Tex., against George ,N. Scruggs and wife, hereinafter called appellees, to set aside the award made by the Industrial Accident Board of this state on January 25, 1924, in which, award appellees were allowed $10.38 per week for a period of 360 weeks as compensation for the death of their son, George Scruggs, Jr., on the theory that at the time appellees’ son was fatally injured he was an employee of the Pierce Oil Corporation, which had prior thereto taken out liability…