Adkinson v. City of Port Arthur
Decision Date | 26 February 1927 |
Docket Number | (No. 1487.) |
Citation | 293 S.W. 191 |
Parties | ADKINSON v. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.<SMALL><SUP>*</SUP></SMALL> |
Court | Texas Court of Appeals |
Appeal from District Court, Jefferson County; J. D. Campbell, Judge.
Suit by Bruce Adkinson against the City of Port Arthur. From a judgment dismissing the suit, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
Jas. A. Harrison and O'Fiel & Reagan, all of Beaumont, for appellant.
Wistner & White, of Port Arthur, for appellee.
We take the following statement of the nature and result of this suit from appellant's brief:
On the foregoing statement, his first proposition is as follows:
"The appellee, city of Port Arthur, is subject to the Workman's Compensation Law of Texas, and, having failed to become a subscriber under said law, is liable to appellant, an employee of defendant under contract of hire, for all damages sustained by him in course of his employment, arising out of or caused by the negligence of appellee, its servants, and agents, and appellant's petition stated a cause of action against appellee under the Workman's Compensation Law."
The City of Tyler v. Texas Employers' Insurance Association, 288 S. W. 409, is squarely in point against appe...
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