Walton v. West Texas Utilities Co.

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

This is a suit brought by C. E. Walton against West Texas Utilities Company to recover damages for alleged false imprisonment, first, in the city jail at McAllen, Texas; second, in the county jail at Edin-burg, Texas; and third at Timberlawn Sanitarium, at Dallas, Texas. Plaintiff was an employee of Defendant and, as such, was protected by employer’s compensation insurance, the Travelers Insurance Company being the insurance carrier for said employer. On or about May 20, 1940, plaintiff fell and sustained an injury, one of the effects of which apparently was a condition of…