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TEXAS GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY v. BOTTOM

No. 3957.

358 S.W.2d 765 (1962)

TEXAS GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Mrs. Ruth BOTTOM, a feme sole, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Touchstone, Bernays & Johnston, Dallas, Crawford C. Martin, Hillsboro, for appellant.

Baker, Jordan, Davey & Shaw, Dallas, Jack Sims, Hillsboro, Stark, Carroll & Davey, Gainesville, for appellee.

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

This is a suit for death benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act, brought by the widow of Wilbur F. Bottom, deceased, against his employer's compensation carrier.

Bottom was driving a truck (which belonged to Bottom, but was under lease to Safety Convoy Company), enroute from Hillsboro to Dallas, when he sustained injuries in an accident from which he subsequently died.

Trial was to a jury which, in answer to the single...

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