Taylor v. Haynes

The Gunter Hotel Company is a corporation owning and operating the Gun-ter Hotel in the city of San Antonio, under a charter in which the corporate purpose is defined as follows: “The purpose for which it is formed is the establishment, operation, maintenance and erection or repair of hotels in the state of Texas.” The corporation is a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev. St. 1925, arts. 83061-8309), under the provisions of which it was insured against liability for injury received by its employés in the course of their employment. Among these employés was J. M. Taylor,…