Queen v. Champion Fibre Co.

The question involved in this cause: Where an employee has lost his life in the course of his employment and thereafter an award has been made by the Industrial Commission to his widow, as his sole dependent, and within a few months after the award is made his widow died intestate, is her administrator entitled to the benefits of the award as made to her ? We think so.

In construing the many statutes on this subject the decisions of the different states are conflicting. It seems that there is no straight line on the subject. In this State the following statutes have some bearing:

Section 40 of…