Tufts v. Conger

Under the provisions of § 688, title 46, and § 51, title 45, USCA, the $7,500 paid as damages for the death of Melvin Tufts, deceased, while employed as a seaman, are for “the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee.” The deceased was lawfully married to Viola Tufts, his first wife,'on April 12, 1922, and they had two children, Melvin Tufts, Jr., born November 11, 1922, and Donald Tufts, born November 10, 1925. Upon the wife’s complaint, a judgment of divorce was entered on June 25, 1927, in an action in a circuit court of this state, .where they resided, but…