Texas Employers' Ins. Ass'n v. Lawrence

At about the hour of 4:20 a. m. on June 21, 1921, a gas explosion occurred in a tent occupied by W. C. Lawrence, his wife, and two small children, setting fire to the clothing of each and from the effects of which all of them died. One child died on June 22d, another on June 23d, Lawrence on June 24th, and Mrs. Lawrence on June 25th. At the time of the injury Lawrence was employed by the Fleming-Stit-zer Road Building Company, which company had a contract to construct highways in East-land county. ' The place where the injury occurred was in a camp controlled and operated by the employer. Gas…