Legal Opinion

Southwestern Surety Ins. Co. v. Owens

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 25, 1917No. 7442PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Harris County; J. D. Harvey, Judge. Proceedings under the Workmen’s Compensation Act by Nettie Owens and minor children to obtain compensation for the death of Will, L. Owens, husband and father, opposed 'by the Randolph Paint Company, the employer, and the Southwestern Surety Insurance Company. Compensation was awarded in the sum of $2,957.88, and the Insurance Company appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtPleasants, C. J.

This suit was brought by appellees, the widow and minor children of 'Will L. Owens, deceased, against the appellant, to recover compensation under the Texas Workmen’s Compensation Act for loss sustained by them in the death of said Will L. Owens from injuries received by him in the course of his employment by the Randolph Paint Company, a subscriber within the purview of said Compensation Act.

The allegations of the petition setting out the circumstances and manner of the injury to said Owens, which resulted in his death, are as follows:

“That at the time the said Will L. Owens sustained said…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1916
  2. International & Great Northern Railway Co. v. AndersonTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Madden's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  4. City of Galveston v. BarbourTexas Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Poccardi v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Carter v. Travelers InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Brown's CaseSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1924
  3. Central Surety & Insurance v. Industrial CommissionSupreme Court of Colorado · 1928
  4. Maryland Casualty Co. v. RogersCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1935
  5. Giguere v. E. B. & A. C. Whiting Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1935

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