TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. Gomez

COLLINGS, Justice.

Jesusita Quiroz Gomez brought this suit against Texas Employers’ Insurance Association. She alleged that she was the surviving widow of the deceased employee, Esperidian H. Gomez, and was entitled to death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., by reason of her husband’s death while in the scope of his employment. The defendant Texas Employers’ Insurance Company answered and denied liability on the ground that the claimant was never legally married to Esperidian H. Gomez. It alleged that at the time of plaintiff’s purported…