Texas Indemnity Ins. Co. v. Halliburton

HALL, Justice.

This is a workman’s compensation case. In the trial court appellant Texas Indemnity Insurance Company was plaintiff and cross-defendant and appellees, Mrs. Delia Halliburton et al. were defendants and cross-plaintiffs. Appellees with the exception of Billie G. Carter, who is a party pro forma, claimed compensation as statutory beneficiaries of (Bonnie) B. Halliburton, who was killed March 23, 1944, while loading railroad ties at a tie yard in Gilmer, Up-shur County, Texas. All issues were settled by trial stipulations with the exception of the issue as to whether B. B.…