Travelers Insurance Company v. Smith

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Winkler County, Texas, based upon jury findings awarding appellee, as surviving widow, death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Law as the result of the death of Elton Smith from a heart attack. At the close of all the evidence, the appellant filed its motion for instructed verdict on the ground that there was no evidence of probative force reflecting that the deceased sustained an accidental injury on March 27, 1968, in the course of his employment for Gulf Oil Corporation, which was a producing cause of…