Koppers Coal Co. v. Compton

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Tilpord

Reversing.

This proceeding originated in an application to the "Workmen’s Compensation Board, in which the appel lees, Lindsey Compton, Mary Compton, and Foster Compton, the father, mother, and eighteen year old brother of Lon Compton, as total dependents, sought compensation for the latter’s death.

Lon Compton was electrocuted on ■ May 26, 1938, while in appellant’s employ, and the jurisdictional facts having been stipulated, the sole question for determination was whether the appellees named were dependent upon the deceased within the meaning of the…