Davey v. Norwood-White Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polk District Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. Proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. It was ordered therein by the industrial commissioner that the defendant continue to pay compensation to the plaintiff, as the surviving spouse of an injured workman, notwithstanding that she had remarried since the death of such workman, and was. no longer dependent for support upon the compensation originally awarded to her.
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Appeal from Polk District Court. — Joseph E. Meyer, Judge. Proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. It was ordered therein by the industrial commissioner that the defendant continue to pay compensation to the plaintiff, as the surviving spouse of an injured workman, notwithstanding that she had remarried since the death of such workman, and was. no longer dependent for support upon the compensation originally awarded to her. Upon appeal by the defendant to the district court, such order was affirmed there. From the judgment of the district court, the defendant has appealed to this…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1.Masterandservant:Workmen'sCompensationAct:forfailureofcompensation. The plaintiff, Vearl Davey, was formerly Yearl Nesbitt, the surviving spouse of John Nesbitt, a former employee of the defendant’s, who, in the course of such employment, wns injured on March 23, 1920, and who died as a result of his injuries, on April 14th following. Said employee was survived also by his two children, aged seven years and two years, respectively. Following his death, weekly compensation was awarded for 300 weeks, as provided by statute, and the amount thereof was agreed upon as $15 per week. Such…
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- Estate of Beckwith v. SpoonerMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
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- Adlemen v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1917
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