Maryland Casualty Co. v. Gideon

McGILL, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case. Appellee, James Gideon, an employee of Wolfe & Simon, electrical contractors, was accidentally injured while in the course of his employment on July 24, 1946. Appellant, Maryland Casualty Company, is the insurer, having theretofore issued its policy providing for workmen’s compensation insurance to Wolfe & Simon. The accident occurred while appellee was working on a pole in Odessa. His version of what happened as shown by his testimony, is as follows :

“I was working on a pole out there between the Trico Manufacturing Company and Jake’s…