Freeman's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, in part affirming and adopting and in part revising the decision of a single member of. that board, awarding compensation to Gertrude Freeman, mother of Clarence • E. Freeman, a deceased employee, under Part II, § 6, of the act, as one partially dependent upon the employee at the time of his injuries.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board, in part affirming and adopting and in part revising the decision of a single member of. that board, awarding compensation to Gertrude Freeman, mother of Clarence • E. Freeman, a deceased employee, under Part II, § 6, of the act, as one partially dependent upon the employee at the time of his injuries. The material portion of Part II, § 6, is as follows: “. . .If the employee leaves dependents only partly dependent upon his earnings for…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The deceased employee, a boy sixteen years of age, came to Boston early in September, 1918. He began going to high school, but when he found that tuition was charged him he left school, went to work and on the twenty-sixth of the same month received fatal injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment. This was the second day of his employment.
1. There was evidence sufficient to support a finding of partial dependency by his mother on the earnings of the deceased. Before coming to Boston he had lived at home and had paid to his mother his wages which were substantial in amount.…
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