VAUGHN v. HIGHLANDS UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE. CO.

No. 15507.

445 S.W.2d 234 (1969)

A. C. VAUGHN, Appellant, v. HIGHLANDS UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Douglas Matthews, Joseph F. Archer, Houston, for appellant.

Bracewell & Patterson, Ronald C. Kline, Houston, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted defendant insurance company in a workmen's compensation case. The vital question is whether appellant was in the course and scope of his employment while traveling on his own motorcycle from his place of employment to a restaurant where he intended to eat. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

Vaughn was employed by American Plant Food Corporation as a truck driver. He drove a sulphur...

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