Halliburton v. Texas Indemnity Insurance

This is a workmen’s compensation case filed by Texas Indemnity Insurance Company after an award by the Industrial Accident Board in favor of Mrs. Delia Halliburton and others, the widow and children of B. B. Halliburton. Mrs. Halliburton, for herself, and on behalf of her minor daughter, claimed compensation as statutory beneficiaries of B. B. Halliburton, who was killed March 23, 1944, while loading ties onto a railroad car in a tie-yard at Gilmer, Texas. All issues in the case were settled by trial stipulations with the exception of whether B. B. Halliburton and his son, E. B. Halliburton,…