Georgia Casualty Co. v. Darnell

On November 4, 1920, Marvin B. Darnell, while employed as a mechanic by the Axtell Company, a Fort Worth concern, was caught in the machinery with which he was working, and so badly injured that he died on the following day as a result of such injuries. The young man lacked a month of being 21 years old at the time of his death. It is conceded that he was injured in the course of his employment with the Axtell Company, and that the company was a subscriber under the Texas Employers' Liability Act, under which it was insured in the Georgia Casualty Company, appellant herein. The State…