General Accident v. Perry Et Al‪.‬

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court of Colorado County, Texas, awarding appellees herein benefits under the Workmens Compensation Act of the State of Texas for the death of John Henry Perry, husband and father, respectively, of the appellees. Appellees claim to benefits was based upon the proposition that the death of John Henry Perry on May 1, 1952, occurred as a result of accidental injury sustained by him while acting in the course of his employment for Colorado County, Texas. After an adverse finding by the Industrial Accident Board appellees resorted to the District Court. The case was tried before a jury, which found that the deceased sustained an accidental injury in the course of his employment which was a producing cause of his death and that he did not die solely of natural causes. The appealed-from judgment was rendered upon such verdict.