Daniels v. Trailer Transport Co.

Leave having been granted, defendants appeal from an award of the workmen’s com pensation commission entered March 17,1949, granting plaintiff compensation and medical expenses.

The essential facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff, a resident of the State of Illinois, was invited by an employee of defendant company to come to Texas for the purpose of securing employment. Plaintiff went to Texas and secured employment with defendant, Trailer Transport Company, as an axle man.

Defendant company had its home office in Michigan, but was engaged in operations in different 'States. When plaintiff…