Legal Opinion

Millers' Indemnity Underwriters v. Hayes

Texas Commission of Appeals

Decided May 10, 1922No. 322-3664PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, P. J.

Charley Hayes, an em-ployé of the Beaumont Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, a corporation, was killed during the course of his employment as such employs. The company was an employer within the meaning of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, and plaintiff in error, Millers’ Indemnity Company, was its insurer under the act.

Defendant in error, Eleanor Hayes, claiming to be the common-law wife of Charley Hayes, deceased, filed a claim for his death with the Industrial, Accident Board. On June 20, 1919, the Board entered an order denying her compensation upon the ground that she was not the wife of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Claim of Beckmann v. J. W. Oelerich & SonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1916
  2. Santa Fé, L. E. & P. Land & Trust Co. v. CumleyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1910
  3. Miller's Indemnity Underwriters v. HayesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1921

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Mingus, Receiver v. WadleyTexas Supreme Court · 1926
  2. Oilmen's Reciprocal Assn. v. FranklinTexas Supreme Court · 1926
  3. Texas Employers Ins. Assn. v. EvansTexas Supreme Court · 1927
  4. Harris v. Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923
  5. American Employers' Ins. Co. v. ScottCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1930

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