Claim of Sienko v. Bopp & Morgenstern

This appeal requires the interpretation of section 33 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 67), which reads:

“ In case of the death of an injured employee to whom there was due at the time of bis, or her death any com pensation under the provisions of this chapter, the amount of such compensation shall be payable to the surviving wife or husband, if there be one, or, if none, to the surviving child or children of the deceased under the age of eighteen years, and if there be no surviving wife or children, then to the dependents of such deceased employee or to any of them as the…