Traders' & General Ins. Co. v. Bulis

PELPHREY, Chief Justice.

Appellee appealed from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board to the district court of Upton county, Tex. He was a rig builder by trade, and had been working for P. O. Sill since the early part of 1928, until the 6th day of March, 1933, the date of his injury. On March 4, 1933, Mr. Sill sent ap-pellee the following wire: “Start job at Santa Rita on Monday. Mailing the check.” In response to such wire appellee together with R. L. Wright and his son, John Bulis, started in his automobile for Santa Rita. While passing through the town of Rankin, a collision occurred…