LEGATE v. BITUMINOUS FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE CO.

No. 7363.

483 S.W.2d 488 (1972)

Estelle LEGATE v. BITUMINOUS FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

June 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephenson & Thompson, Orange, for appellant.

Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, for appellee.


KEITH, Justice.

The appeal is from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant in a workmen's compensation proceeding. Plaintiff below sought recovery of death benefits because of the death of her husband from asbestosis, the recovery being sought under the provisions of the occupational disease sections of the Act, §§ 25 and 26, Art. 8306, Vernon's Ann.Civ.St.

It was established, as a matter of law, by the summary judgment proof: (a) deceased...

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