Fields v. Hollowell & Hollowell

Is a woman who was purposely and knowingly living in unlawful cohabitation with an employee at tbe time of bis death, a dependent of such employee witbin tbe meaning of tbe North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act, Chapter 97 of General Statutes? Tbe trial court was of opinion that she was such dependent, and so ruled and adjudged. This ruling is aptly challenged by this appeal.

As used in the North Carolina Workmen’s Compensation Act, the term “death” as a basis for a right to compensation means only death resulting from an injury, that is, an injury by accident arising out of and in the…