Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. United States Torpedo Co.

By’ this proceeding appellee obtained a writ of mandamus against appellant, Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, compelling it to issue a policy of insurance in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Texas (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. 1926, arts. 8306-8309), covering appellee’s employees engaged in the business of shooting oil wells by the use of dynamite, nitroglycerine, and other high explosives. Appellant refused to issue the policy, because “it deemed the business a very hazardous one,” and the sole question here is whether appellant has the lawful…