Haskins v. Cherry

LOONEY, Justice.

Lola Mae Haskins, a minor, by and through her father Joseph Haskins as next friend, sued Luther Cherry to recover damages for personal injuries received while engaged as an employee in a laundry and dry cleaning plant operated by the defendant in the City of Denison, Texas, which had a population of more than 15,-000. The defendant filed a plea in abatement alleging, in substance, that he was a subscriber under the Workmen’s Compensation Law, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq.; that the Hardware Mutual Casualty Company was his insurance carrier; that at the time plaintiff…