Federal Underwriters Exchange v. Warren

PELPHREY, Chief Justice.

On May 10, 1933, John A. Warren and his wife, defendant in error, were in the employ of the Kilgore Hotel Company; Warren working as a chef and defendant in error as a waitress in the coffee shop.

On the date the hotel building burned and while Warren was attempting to rescue defendant in error from an upstairs bedroom, he was so badly burned that he died on the 27th of the month. In October following, the Industrial Accident Board made an award in favor of defendant in error from which plaintiff in error appealed to the district court of Gregg county.

Defendant in error…