Shelton v. Standard Insurance Company

WALKER, Justice.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. Jimmy Shelton, petitioner, was struck by an automobile while crossing the street from the motel where he was staying in Dallas to a cafe for the purpose of obtaining something to eat. The principal question to be decided is whether he was injured in the course of his employment within the meaning of our statute. Standard Insurance Company, respondent, moved for summary judgment in the trial court on two independent grounds, asserting that the uncontro-verted facts establish as a matter of law: (1) that petitioner was an independent…