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EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ASSUR. CORPORATION v. COOK

No. 5395.

31 F.2d 497 (1929)

EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ASSUR. CORPORATION, LIMITED, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, v. COOK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. M. Hightower and Fred R. Switzer, both of Houston Tex. (Vinson, Elkins, Sweeton & Weems, of Houston, Tex., on the brief), for appellant.

Sam C. Polk and Ira J. Allen, both of Houston, Tex. (Polk & Allen, of Houston, Tex., on the brief), for appellees.

Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action at law, under the Workmen's Compensation Law of Texas (Rev. St. Tex. 1925, arts. 8306-8309), to recover compensation for the death of Hal Cook an employee of the Ford Motor Company. The employee's widow obtained a verdict, and, in pursuance of the statute, judgment was entered up against appellant upon its policy of compensation insurance.

The Ford Motor Company owned a plant at Houston, Tex., for the assembling of automobiles...

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