Mulkey v. Traders & General Ins. Co.

LESLIE, Chief Justice. •

This cause arises under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq.). Frank Mulkey, Sr., was an employee of D. A. Upham, and the Traders & General Insurance Company was the insurer. Mulkey, while working at certain water wells near Mineral Wells, was killed June 2, 1934. The Industrial ’Accident Board rejected the claim for compensation. This suit was instituted by Mrs. Ethel Modrall Mulkey as surviving widow and as next friend for Frank Pierce Mul-key, Jr., minor son of the deceased, to set aside the action of the board. Upham, the employer,…