Grandstaff v. Mercer

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff C. R. Grandstaff filed this suit in a district court of Tarrant County, Texas, against defendants T. E. Mercer Teaming and Trucking Contractor, alleged to be a copartnership composed of Mrs. T. E. Mercer and George Mercer, to recover damages resulting from injuries sustained by plaintiff in the State of Louisiana.

For several years before and at the time he was injured, plaintiff had been and was a regular employee of Penrod Drilling Co.,' (to which we shall refer as Penrod). Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company carried Penrod’s workmen’s compensation insurance.…