Matter of Ziegler v. . Cassidy's Sons
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 1, 1915, affirming an award of the state workmen’s compensation commission. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. On October 23, 1909, common-law marriages were illegal in this state. (L. 1909, ch. 19, §§ 11, 13, 25; Pettit v. Pettit, 105 App. Div. 312.) In October, 1909, common-law marriages in this state were valid.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered December 1, 1915, affirming an award of the state workmen’s compensation commission. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. On October 23, 1909, common-law marriages were illegal in this state. (L. 1909, ch. 19, §§ 11, 13, 25; Pettit v. Pettit, 105 App. Div. 312.) In October, 1909, common-law marriages in this state were valid. (Matter of Hinman, 147 App. Div. 452.) On October 23, 1909, common-law marriages were legal in this state. (Meister v.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, Ch. J.
The decedent, John Ziegler, was killed while in the employment of the defendant employer in a class of work and under circumstances which entitled his widow, if one were left, to compensation under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The respondent, Anna Ziegler, filed a claim for such compensation, alleging that she was such widow, and the principal controversy on the hearing before the commission arose over this claim of widowhood. The commission made what we regard as a finding of fact that the decedent “ left him surviving his widow, Anna Ziegler, the claimant herein,” and,…
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