Dowdle v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

Plaintiff in error, Mary Dow-dle, filed this suit in district court against defendant in error, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, to recover on a policy under the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Vernon’s Ann. Civ. St. Supp. 1918, arts. 5246 — 1 to 5246 — 91), as an appeal from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, alleging that she was the surviving common-law wife of Lucious Dowdle, and as such entitled to recover by reason of an accident resulting in his death on February 5, 1918.

The defendant'in error in its answer denied that plaintiff-in error was the wife of deceased. The…