TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. v. HOLT

No. 15321.

249 S.W.2d 662 (1952)

TEXAS ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. v. HOLT et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cantey, Hanger, Johnson, Scarborough & Gooch, Howard Barker, W. B. Thompson, and Charles L. Stephens, Fort Worth, for appellant.

Mays & Mays and Dave Miller, Fort Worth, Leachman, Matthews & Gardere and Henry D. Akin, Dallas, for appellees.


EARL P. HALL, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves exceptions to the general rule that an employer is not liable for injuries sustained by an employee of an independent contractor.

Appellee Lillian Holt, individually and as guardian for her minor children, sued appellant Texas Electric Service Company in a district court of Tarrant County, claiming damages for fatal injuries sustained by her husband, Drexel Morgan Holt, Jr., on April 29, 1949. It was further...

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