Hill v. City of Galveston

CODY, Justice.

This suit was instituted by Etheridge Hill and Leopold Gonzales who, at all material times, were employed as longshoremen by the Southern Stevedoring Co., Inc., which company carried a policy of compensation insurance with the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, in compliance with the requirements of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U. S.C.A. §§ 901-950. The plaintiffs sued the City of Galveston to recover damages for personal injuries which were alleged to have been sustained by plaintiffs on August 8, 1949, as the proximate result of the…