Industrial Commission v. Ahel

The claimant is the aged father of Adam Ahel who was killed July 9, 1923, in the Smuggler mine, San Miguel county. The commission, two to one, denied compensation on the ground that dependency was not shown; the district court set aside that decision on the ground that there was no evidence to support it, because the unquestioned evidence showed that the claimant was partially dependent on deceased for support. Industrial Com. v. Elkas, 73 Colo. 475, 216 Pac. 521. The commission comes here for a review.

The district court was wrong. Under the statute, S. L. 1923, p. 737, to constitute a…