Southern Surety Co. v. Stubbs
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Clay S. Briggs, Judge. Action by Alva Stubbs and another, by next friend, Mrs. J. E. Gowland, against tbe Southern Surety Company, on a policy issued under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The appellees, Alva B. Stubbs, widow, and Richard Stubbs, minor, son of E. J. Stubbs, by Mrs. J. E. Gowland, as next friend, sued appellant for the compensation alleged to be due them upon a policy under the Texas Employer's Liability Act, by reason of the drowning of E. J. Stubbs during the storm which raged on the coast of Texas on the 16th and 17th days of August, 1915, while he was employed as assistant engineer on the dredgeboat Houston, then being operated by the Standard American Dredging Company in Texas City Channel, the drowning being due to the capsizing of the dredgeboat.
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