Yarbrough v. General Lloyds Fire & Casualty

This is an appeal from a judgment on an instructed verdict for the insurance carrier in a suit for death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation law, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq.

E. Y. Yarbrough was killed by a falling tree while working at his job cutting trees in Hardin County. The appellants are his widow and surviving child. The appellee was the insurer of John L. Blair as to workmen’s compensation insurance. Appellants alleged and sought to prove on the trial that the deceased Yarbrough was an employee of Blair. Appellee denied that Yarbrough was an employee of Blair. At the…