Traders & General Ins. Co. v. Jones

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is the second appeal of this case. The nature of the suit, in which a widow and child seek recovery under the Workmen’s Compensation Laws, Vernon’s Ann. Civ.St. Art. 8306 et seq., for the death of the husband and father, is fully set out in the former opinion of this court. Jones v. Traders & General Ins. Co., Tex.Civ.App., 144 S.W.2d 689.

The parties will be designated as they were in the trial court.

Briefly stated, the deceased received an injury from a nail or other sharp object in the bottom of his foot, in May of 1938. On November 11th of the same year he…