Casualty Reciprocal Exchange v. Johnson

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

This is a Texas compensation case involving the payment of death benefits to the beneficiary, Beulah Polite Johnson. Hearing the case without a jury the trial court rendered a verdict and entered a judgment for the beneficiary.

There is no dispute that all the jurisdictional requirements under the Texas Compensation Law, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. arts. 8306-8309a, have been fully complied with.

The important evidence shows that the American Service Company manufactured and sold ice at 1000 Pearl Street, which was located on the outskirts of Beaumont, Texas. Ice was manufactured…