Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Preston

BARROW, Justice.

Appellee, Jennie Mae Preston, brought this suit to recover death benefits under an endorsement to a workmen’s compensation policy issued by appellant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, to Houston Laboratories, a Texas corporation, whereby coverage was extended to all executive officers. Allan Hill Preston, president, general manager, and owner of 85% of the stock of this corporation, was killed in a one-car automobile accident on February 8, 1963, about two miles south of Leakey, Real County, Texas. The only issue in dispute was whether or not he was acting in the scope of his…