McDonald v. Texas Employers' Ins.

The court below sustained a general demurrer to appellants’ petition and dismissed their suit, from which they prosecute this appeal.

Mrs. Mary T. McDonald, joined by her husband, filed this suit as a beneficiary on a policy of compensation insurance issued by appellee under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law of this state (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1918, arts. 5246—1 to 5246—91) for the benefit of the employees of the Texas Boiler Works of Dallas, Tex. Appellants allege that Clifford Peyton Lloyd was the legally adopted son of Mrs. McDonald, and that his death, which occurred…