Southern Surety Co. v. Hibbs

On February 21, 1918, J. D. Hibbs, a son of W. M. Hibbs and Carrie Hibbs, was killed while an employ® of the Midland Bridge Company, which was a subscriber under the Employers’ Liability Act of 1917, chapter 103, p. 269, General Laws of the Thirty-Fifth Legislature (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1918, arts. 5246 — 1 to 5246 — 91). Appellees filed their claim with the Industrial Accident Board of Texas, as dependent parents of their deceased son, and on September 5, 1918, an order was issued by the Industrial Accident Board awarding appellees weekly compensation of $13i80 for a period of 360…