Johnson v. Munsingwear, Inc.

Peterson, Justice.

The question for decision is whether two children, one under the age of 16 and the other between the ages of 16 and 18, were wholly dependent upon the employe, their mother, whose death by accident was compensable under the workmen’s compensation act.

On February 3, 1945, the employe met with an accident arising out of and in the course of her employment which caused her death on March 8, 1945. At the time of the accidental injury, employe was earning $82 per week and her husband $52 per week. Their earnings were put into a common fund or pool, out of which all family and…