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TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. MESTA

No. 14704.

435 S.W.2d 228 (1968)

The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Fortino MESTA, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. W. Baker, Matthews, Nowlin, Macfarlane & Barrett, San Antonio, for appellant.

Putman & Putman, San Antonio, for appellee.

KLINGEMAN, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case. Plaintiff, Fortino Mesta, was employed to do dishwashing and clean-up work at the Roswell Hotel in Del Rio, Texas. He was injured on April 22, 1961, in a flash explosion while pouring, or preparing to pour, gasoline from an open can into his automobile which was parked on a public street across from the hotel. Trial was to a jury who found that plaintiff sustained an injury on April 22, 1961, in the course...

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