Martha L. Bishop v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Brought by the widow of Seth Bishop, deceased, under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. Tex. art. 8306 et seq., the suit was for the statutory benefits which it was claimed were provided for his death. The claim was that while employed by Cicero-Smith Lumber Co., defendant’s insured, and while working in the course of that employment on a house belonging to one Pace who had engaged the lumber company to furnish the labor and material for it, her husband sustained accidental injuries resulting in his death and entitling her to the compensation…