Smith v. Southern Surety Co.
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Robt. G. Street, Judge. Action by Walter T. Smith, temporary administrator, under Compensation Act, to recover compensation for the .death of Chas. A. Lewis, employé, against the Southern Surety Company, insurer. Judgment for insurer, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This is an action brought by Walter T. Smith, temporary administrator of the estate of Chas. A. Lewis, deceased, under an appointment by the county court of Galveston county, with power to institute such action.
The plaintiff’s decedent, Chas. A. Lewis, was on the 17th day of August, 1915, employed by the Standard American Dredging Company upon the dredge boat Houston, which was wrecked and sunk in Galveston Bay by a hurricane of that day. Capt. Chas. A. Lewis, together with 38 other employés upon the dredge boat at that time, was drowned. The Standard American Dredging Com pany, complying…
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