Texas Employers' Insurance Ass'n v. Ellis

OPINION

STEPHEN F. PRESLAR, Chief Justice.

This is a plea of privilege case involving a workmen’s compensation claim by a Texas employee injured outside of the State under the provisions of Article 8306, Section 19, Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. The principal question discussed is whether a plea of privilege is a proper procedure in a case under that statute.

The claimant, Robert Thomas Ellis, filed suit in the District Court of Gaines County to set aside an award of the Industrial Accident Board. The basis of his suit was that he was a Texas employee and that he was hired in Texas to work in Texas and…