Gillen v. American Employers' Ins.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

A verdict was instructed against appellant on her appeal from the refusal of the Industrial Accident Board to award her compensation under the Texas "Workmen’s Compensation Act (Rev. St. Tex. 1925, art. 8306 et seq. as amended) for the, death of her husband, C. D. Gillen. There is no material conflict in the evidence. Gillen was working for Western Gas Company some miles from El Paso, Tex., furnishing his own truck, gasoline, and oil, and receiving $1 per hour for himself and it. His home was near El Paso. The company was under no obligation to convey him to or from his…