Blankenship v. Highlands Insurance Co.

AKIN, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether appellants, the minor children of the decedent, have a reversionary interest in the workman’s compensation death benefits payable to the widow under the provisions of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306 § 8 (Vernon 1967) and § 8(a) (Vernon Supp. 1978-1979). Because article 8306 § 8(a) fixes the workman’s compensation carrier’s liability to the beneficiaries at not less than $63 per week, we hold that upon remarriage of the widow the minor children have a reversionary interest in the death benefits previously paid to the widow.…