C. F. Wheeler Company v. Pullins

THOMAS, J.:

The facts in this litigation to which we are to apply the principles and provisions of the Florida Workmen’s Compensation Act (Chaptér 440, Florida Statutes, 1941) are simple. About three months after Clephours Pullins died from injuries received in the course of his employment, the woman with whom he had been living continuously for nine months gave birth to a child. Although the mother and Pullins had been married he had not been divorced from a former wife. The lone question is the right of the posthumous illegitimate' child to compensation.

It is provided in the law, Section 2,…