Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, THIRD SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
Alleging that in the month of December, 1913, he was in the employ of the Texas Power apd Light Company-in the State of Texas, and while so employed received serious personaL'-'injüiies through the bursting of a steam pipe due to the negligence of his employer and its agents, Middleton. sued the company in. a district court of that Staté to recover his damages. The defendant interposed an answer in the nature of a plea in abatement setting up that at the túne óf the accident and at the commencement of the action défendant was the holder of a policy of liability and’ compensation insurance,…
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