Anchor Casualty Co. v. McGowan

LEE, Circuit Judge.

The cause of action asserted in this case arose by reason of an accident which happened on the 22nd of March, 1946, while the plaintiff below, appellee here, was working for Morris & Meredith, Inc., in Colorado County, Texas. Morris & Meredith, Inc., was a subscriber under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Texas, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St.Tex. art. 8306 et seq., and carried its insurance with the appellant, defendant below. The appellee is a resident of Texas, and the appellant is a foreign corporation authorized to do business in Texas. In his petition, the plaintiff alleged…