Meade v. State Compensation Commissioner

Calhoun, President:

This case involves an appeal from a decision and order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board dated November 10, 1961, which affirmed an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner dated June 12, 1961, by which Etta Meade, the claimant, was awarded benefits as a dependent widow and Elmer Douglas Smith, her son, was awarded benefits as a dependent stepchild of the deceased workman, Albert Meade. The primary question presented involves the contention of the employer, Island Creek Coal Company, that Albert Meade had a wife by a prior marriage, living and undivorced,…