Southern Surety Co. v. Weaver

This controversy arose upon the following facts: E. E. Weaver, who was a young man about 25 years of age and unmarried, was in the employ of C. C. Cannon, an oil driller in Liberty county, Tex., and on August 9, 1922, E. E. Weaver, while discharging the duties of his employment in firing a boiler in connection with the drilling rig, sustained injuries by reason of the explosion of the boiler, which resulted in his death on the same day some 10 or 12 hours after the injuries were sustained. Cannon was a subscriber under the Employers’ Liability Act of this state (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp.…