Texas Employers Ins. Ass'n v. Noel

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

From a judgment for death benefits under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. The insurer appealed.

Judgment affirmed.

Ellis Noel was an employee of the Jim Fish Drilling Company for approximately fifteen years upon the occasions material to this case. Upon such occasions the Texas Employers Insurance Association had in force on such Company’s employees a policy of Workmen’s Compensation Insurance. Noel was married and had one minor child.

On or about date of February 3, 1953, Noel was employed as a “pumper” for his employer, a job in…