BLANKENSHIP v. HIGHLANDS INS. CO.

No. 20103.

594 S.W.2d 147 (1980)

Linda Calaway BLANKENSHIP et al., Appellants, v. HIGHLANDS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertran T. Bader, III, Bader & Cox, Dallas, for appellants.

Royal H. Brin, Jr., Strasburger & Price, Dallas, for appellee.

Before AKIN, STOREY and HUMPHREYS, JJ.


AKIN, Justice.

The question presented by this appeal is whether appellants, the minor children of the decedent, have a reversionary interest in the workman's compensation death benefits payable to the widow under the provisions of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306 § 8 (Vernon 1967) and § 8(a) (Vernon Supp. 1978-1979). Because article 8306 § 8(a) fixes the workman's compensation carrier's liability to the beneficiaries at not less than $63 per week, we...

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