TEXAS EMPLOYERS'INSURANCE ASSOCIATION v. Elder

RENFRO, Justice.

Texas Employers’ Insurance Association has appealed from a judgment decreeing Ethel Mae Elder entitled' to death benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, Vernon’s Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq., as the surviving common-law wife of Grover Cleveland Elder, deceased. The claim was resisted on the ground Ethel Mae was not legally married to Elder because of a prior undissolved marriage to Allen Dade.

The jury made the following findings:(1) Ethel Mae Elder (appellee) and Elder (the deceased) entered into an agreement to become man and wife.

(IA) They cohabited together as man…