Batson-Milholme Co. v. Faulk

I am unable to agree with my Associates and the several Courts of Civil Appeals, whose opinions are cited in the opinion of the majority of the court in this case, in holding that the employs of a subscriber under the Texas Employers’ Liability Act of 1913 could maintain a common-law action for damages against his employer for personal injuries received in the course of his employment after the employer had become a subscriber under said act, but before the employs had received notice of the fact. It seems to me that, in or der to give the act the construction placed upon it by the majority,…