Spiner v. Western Union Telegraph Co.

WALKER, Chief Justice.

J. B. Wheeler, Jr., a boy sixteen years old, was accidentally- killed on August 20, 1931, while in the course of his employment with defendant in error, Western Union Telegraph Company. Long prior to his death, his employer had established a fund for the benefit of its employees, out of which payments were to be made to employees in ease of sickness or injury; and in case of the death of an employee while on duty to certain dependents or relatives. At no time had any employee made any contribution whatever to this fund, but from its inception it was made up from funds…