Maryland Casualty Co. v. Brown

SMITH, Chief Justice.

This is an action arising under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq.), in which the Gateway Chevrolet Company of Laredo, was the employer, Sid Brown, the employee, and Maryland Casualty Company, the insurance carrier. Brown was injured on a highway in the Republic of Mexico, while alleged to have been engaged in the course of his employment. He recovered, upon a jury trial, and the Casualty Company has appealed.

The accident occurred near the city of Nueva Laredo, immediately across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Tex., where the employer’s…