Lumbermen's Lloyds v. Jones

■ WILLIAMS, Justice.

Appellees Roy Jones and wife were awarded compensation benefits in a lump sum as the statutory beneficiaries, secs. 8 and 8a, art. 8306, R.C.S. of Texas, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306, §§ 8, 8a, for the death of Jessie May Jones, a son, single who was killed in an explosion that occurred around 7:30 o’clock, p.m., on November 30, 1951, at a crude-oil loading station in Louisiana, about five miles east of Waskom. The suit was prosecuted to a judgment against appellant Lumbermen’s Lloyds, as the compensation insurance carrier of R. A. Corbett, d/b/a R. A. Corbett Transport,…