Pure Oil Co. v. Pope

WALKER, Chief Justice.

On or about the. 11th day of September, 1930, in the course of his employment with appellant, Pure Oil Company, Ira Glendon Pope was burned to death while engaged in repairing a safety valve in No. 7 vapor line as then operated in appellant’s refinery. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company was appellant’s compensation carrier. The insurance company, recognizing its responsibility to Mrs. Ersal Pope and Ira Glen-don Pope, Jr., the surviving wife and minor son of deceased, made a lump sum settlement with them, with permission of Industrial Accident Board. After this…