Texas State Highway Department v. Butler

JOHNSON, Justice.

This suit was filed by appellees, the widow and minor children of J. H. Butler deceased, under Acts of 1937, 45th Legislature, p. 1352, Chapter 502, Article 6t>74s, Vernon’s Texas Civil Statutes, making the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Law, R.C.S. Article 8306 et seq., Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., applicable to certain employees of the State Highway Department of Texas. The action is one to recover for the death of said deceased, resulting from alleged accidental injury to his heart, sustained April 12, 1939, while repairing a road roller, in the course…