Sledd v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

James E. Sledd was killed October 17, 1930, by an accident in the course of and resulting from his employment with the White Oak Fuel Company, a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund. Elizabeth L. Sledd, claiming to be his widow, made claim to compensation which was denied by the commissioner August 1, 1931, from which denial she appeals.

In 1921 she married one John Slade and lived with him until, when she discovered he had an undivorced wife living, and separated from him. On September 2, 1924, she married the deceased employee without having obtained annulment of her…