Gentry v. Travelers Insurance Co.

BARRON, Justice.

This case is a consolidation of three actions relating to the payment of death benefits under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act. From a judgment awarding death benefits to the surviving parents, Betty Joyce Gentry, the divorced wife of the deceased, as guardian for their two children who had been adopted by the wife’s second husband, has perfected appeal.

Due to the relative complexity of the facts of the case a detailed statement of the events leading to this appeal will be helpful. (1) The deceased, Douglas T. C. Owens, and appellant, Betty Joyce Owens (now Betty Joyce…