Maryland Casualty Company v. Thomas

MURRAY, Chief Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Appellant, Maryland Casualty Company, is the workmen’s compensation carrier, Tex-Star Petroleum Corporation, the employer, and Jack Thomas, the claimant.

Appellant’s position here is that the evidence is undisputed and clearly shows that appellee, Jack Thomas, was not within the scope of his employment at the time of his injury.

The evidence shows that appellee was injured in an automobile accident on the 18th day of March, 1961, at about 11:00 p. m.; he was driving his personal auto at the time of the collision; the collision…