Kelley's Dependents v. Hoosac Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an award of the Commissioner of Industries, Bennington County, ordering the defendants to pay the claimant a specified sum on account of the death of Simon J. Kelley, her husband, who was accidentally killed while cutting logs for the Hoosac Lumber Company. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
' Powers, J.
This is an appeal from the award of the Commissioner of Industries ordering the defendants to pay the claimant a specified sum on account of the death of Simon J. Kelley, her husband, who was accidently killed on February 22, 1919, while cutting logs for the Hoosac Lumber Company, hereinafter spoken of as the defendant.
The first question involved is whether the decedent’s relation to the defendant at the time of the accident was such as to entitle his dependents to the benefits of the Workmen’s Compensation Act (G-. L. Chap.’241).
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