Ritzman v. Industrial Commission

Mr. Chile Justice Orr

delivered the opinion of the court:

Earl J. Erickson, son of Ernberth and Matilda Erickson, was accidently killed on June 27, 1931, while employed as a truck driver for the plaintiff in error, Dayton Ritz-man. At the time of his death Earl was about twenty years of age, unmarried, and living at home with his parents on a small farm in Boone county. A claim for compensation was filed by the parents under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation act on the ground that the parents were partially dependent upon their deceased son. The arbitrator found that the parents were…