Russell v. Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n

LATTIMORE, Justice.

The United States Torpedo Company, hereinafter named as the insured, was engaged in the manufacture of dynamite and the shooting of wells. In 1928 it made application to appellee for workmen’s compensation insurance, which was declined because the appel-lee did not wish to insure against such hazardous type of work. The insured obtained in the Supreme Court of Texas — Texas Employers’ Ins. Ass’n v. U. S. Torpedo Co., 26 S.W.(2d) 1057 — a favorable decision compelling the issuance of such policy upon insured complying with the laws governing its becoming a subscriber.…