Trinity County Lumber Co. v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Henry J. Dannenbaum, Judge. Action by tbe Trinity County Lumber Company against tbe Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation, Limited. Prom tbe judgment rendered, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
The Trinity County Lumber Company’s employd, Garrison, while in tbe discharge \of bis duties as such, was injured on September 11, 1913. He declined to accept tbe compensation he would have been entitled to under tbe Texas Workmen’s Compensation Law (Acts 33d Leg. c. 179 [Vernon’s Sayles’ Ann. Civ. St. 1914, arts. 5246b-5246zzzz]), claiming that be bad a cause of action against that company for a much larger amount as damages, because of its failure to give him the required notice of its having become a subscriber under tbe terms of that act. Tbe Lumber Company and tbe Ocean Accident &…
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