Gulf States Utilities Co. v. Moore

Edith Moore, the surviving wife of Henry T. Moore, sued the Gulf States Utilities Company in the district court of Jefferson county. She alleged that on May 22, 1930, her husband, the deceased, was an employee of appellant, and while in the course of his employment was electrocuted near the town of liberty in Liberty county, Tex.; that deceased had been in the employment of appellant for some 5 months, receiving the sum of $7.50 per day wages; that appellant was a private corporation having in its employ more than five employees, and was eligible to become a subscriber under the Workmen’s…