Guthrie v. Texas Employers Insurance

John Guthrie sued Texas Employers Insurance Association, compensation insurance carrier for Postex Cotton Mills, for compensation at the rate provided under the terms of the compensation carrier’s policy. He alleged that on December 2, 1944, in the course of his regular duties as an employee for Postex Mill, he was accidently injured while performing his duties as such employee-.

The court of civil appeals, on the ground that there was no evidence tending to show that the plaintiff sustained a com-pensable injury, affirmed an instructed verdict by the trial judge in favor of the association.…