Texas State Highway Department v. Edens

HALE, Justice.

This is a suit for compensation benefits under the provisions of Article 6674s of Vernon’s Tex.Ann.Civ.Stats. The claimant alleged as a basis for recovery that on June 10, 1942, while operating a mowing machine as an employee of the State Highway Department of Texas, he suffered the loss of his right index finger. The Department answered with a special exception to the “employee” allegation, a general denial and specifically denied the claimant was its employee within the meaning of Subdivision 2, Sec. 2 of said Art. 6674s at the time of his injury, in that he was not in its…