Jones v. State Board of Trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether appellant is entitled to recover death benefits pursuant to legislative grants in Vernon’s Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 6228f (Supp.1973), payable to the surviving widow and minor children of a member of an organized police reserve force who suffers violent death in line of duty. The trial court rendered a take nothing summary judgment against appellant. We affirm.

Peggy Ann Jones, the surviving wife of Joe Cobb Jones, deceased, individually and as legal guardian of the surviving minor children, brought this…