Kenney's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board relating to compensation to be paid to Anne U. Kenney, the sister of Thomas H. Kenney, deceased, as having been one of his next of kin and wholly dependent upon his earnings for support, Kenney having been at the time of his death in the employ of the city of Boston as a janitor in a building called Curtis Hall in the…
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board relating to compensation to be paid to Anne U. Kenney, the sister of Thomas H. Kenney, deceased, as having been one of his next of kin and wholly dependent upon his earnings for support, Kenney having been at the time of his death in the employ of the city of Boston as a janitor in a building called Curtis Hall in the part of that city called Jamaica Plain, and the claim being made under St. 1913, c. 807. The case was heard by the…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
The city does not contest the findings of the Industrial Accident Board, that Thomas H. Kenney was a “workman” in its employ, within the scope of St. 1913, c. 807 (which provides compensation for certain public employees); and that the personal injury which resulted in his death arose out of and in the course of his employment. The controversy relates only to the finding and decision of the board that the claimant Anne U. Kenney, a sister of the employee, was wholly dependent upon his earnings for support at the time of his injury.
Although there is no appeal from the finding of the board upon…
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