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POOLE v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPT.

No. 15415.

256 S.W.2d 168 (1953)

POOLE et al. v. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Rehearing Denied March 27, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. W. Napier, of Wichita Falls, for appellants.

Nelson, Montgomery, Robertson & Sellers, of Wichita Falls, for appellee, Mrs. Lena Bailey.

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

Shirley Bailey, an employee of the Texas State Highway Department, was killed under circumstances occasioning payment of death benefits under the Texas Workmen's Compensation Act. Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 8306 et seq. He left his widow, Mrs. Lena Bailey, who had been his wife for approximately eighteen months, and two children, one of whom was Helen Poole. The compensation division of the Highway Department acknowledging liability for death...

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