Gulf Casualty Co. v. Hart

This is a workmen's compensation suit involving the right of the surviving wife, as a beneficiary, to recover compensation for the death of her husband who died 378 weeks after the date of his injury and who had fully settled his claim with the insurance carrier.

On January 23, 1934, A.N. Hart, respondent's husband, sustained injuries in the course of his employment as a pumper for the Gulf Pipe Line Company in Wichita County. He timely filed his claim with the Industrial Accident Board and, following an adverse ruling, filed suit by way of appeal in the District Court of Wichita County on…