Mid-State Paving Co. v. Farthing

The attorney-referee, Workmen’s Compensation Commission and the circuit court successively awarded dependency benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act to appellees J. W. Farthing and wife. Their son Thomas Farthing was killed on October 4, 1955, as the result of an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with appellant Mid-State Paving Company. The only question on this appeal is whether the finding of the Commission that appellees were dependents of the deceased employee is supported by substantial evidence.

Appellees, in their late sixties, live on their 60-acre farm…