Jordan v. Standard Accident Insurance Company

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

Relying upon Article 8306, Sec. 19, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St., as a basis for claiming under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law, and by way of appealing from an adverse ruling of the Industrial Accident Board, appellant sued in one of the district courts of Jefferson County to recover compensation for an injury he received in Canada while in the course of his employment as an employee of Oklahoma Pipeline Constructors. He sued in Jefferson County upon the theory that the contract of hiring was made there. Appellee answered by general denial and by specially pleading that…