Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Roach

T. W. Roach and wife, defendants in error, filed this suit against the Texas Employers’ Insurance Association, plaintiff in error, for compensation under the Employers’ Liability Act of 1913 (Laws 1913, c. 179 [Vernon’s Sayles’ Ann. Civ. St. 1914, arts. 5246h-5246zzzz]), claimed to have accrued to them by reason of the death of their minor son. The son’s death was alleged to have resulted from injuries received while in the course of his employment as an employe of the Gulf Pipe Line Company, a subscriber to the insurance association.

Prior to filing suit, defendants in error filed their claim…