Texas Employers' Ins. v. McGrady

The appellant' filed this suit to set aside an award made by the Industrial1 Accident Board in favor of the appellees. The appeal is from a judgment sustaining the award. The claim involved is for an allowance of compensation to the wife and children of L. E. McGrady, who died on December 4, 1923. It is alleged that his death resulted from injuries sustained on January 2, 1923, while employed in the service of A. M. Burns, who held a policy of insurance issued by the appellant.

Bums was a plumber, and had a contract to do the plumbing for a hotel in the city of Palestine. On the date of the…