Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Bond

GRISSOM, Chief Justice.

Norma Bond et al., the surviving wife and children of A. C. Bond, deceased, sued Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company to recover death benefits under the Workman’s Compensation Statute for the death of their husband and father, A. C. Bond. H. R. Burden was Bond’s employer, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company was his ^compensation carrier. Upon a jury verdict the court rendered judgment for plaintiffs, and the defendant has appealed.

Bond was employed as a roustabout by W. L. Bradshaw who was the driller on Burden’s oil lease in Coleman County, about fifty…