Court of Appeals of Texas November 27, 1968, 14704 (Travelers Insurance Company v. Mesta)

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.