TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT v. FILLMON

No. A-3129.

242 S.W.2d 172 (1951)

TEXAS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT v. FILLMON.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied October 3, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Price Daniel, Atty. Gen., and William S. Lott, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Brooks, Duke, Templeton & Brooks and Scarborough, Yates, Scarborough & Balck, Abilene, for respondent


SMITH, Justice.

This is a workmen's compensation case filed by respondent, Ava Fillmon, against petitioner, Texas State Highway Department, to recover workmen's compensation. Respondent alleged that her husband, E. L. Fillmon, while engaged in the course of his employment with the Texas State Highway Department, suffered a heat stroke which caused his death on September 5, 1947. It is undisputed that Mrs. Ava Fillmon is the surviving widow and sole beneficiary of...

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