Brown v. Ætna Casualty & Surety Co.

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment of the 113th District Court of Harris County dismissing for want of jurisdiction the suit of plaintiffs in error, Pearl Brown, Crawford Brown, Mary Jones, and Sylvia Robinson, for compensation, under the Texas Employers’ Liability Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., for the accidental death of Adolphus Brown, against the defendant in error Casualty Company, his employer’s insurance-carrier, upon this stated finding of fact: “The evidence conclusively shows that Adolphus Brown came to his death while performing maritime service to the…