Case Name: J. C. TURNER, Jr., Petitioner, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Texas
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1966-10-05
Citations: 406 S.W.2d 897
Docket Number: No. A-11515
Parties: J. C. TURNER, Jr., Petitioner, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 406
Pages: 897–897

Head Matter:
J. C. TURNER, Jr., Petitioner, v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Respondents.
No. A-11515.
Supreme Court of Texas.
Oct. 5, 1966.
Rehearing Denied Nov. 2, 1966.
Scarborough, Black, Tarpley & Scarborough, Abilene, for petitioner.
John J. Watts and Clyde C. Bishop, Odessa, for respondents.

Opinion:
ON APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR
PER CURIAM.
We approve the holding of the Court of Civil Appeals that under Section 8a of Art. 8306 and Section 38 of the Probate Code, Vernon's Annotated Tex.Civ.Stat., a dependent child is entitled to receive the benefits provided by the Workmen's Compensation Act to the exclusion of the mother of the deceased workman. For other reasons, the application for writ of error is refused with the notation, no reversible error. The opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals is reported in 401 S.W.2d 618.