Hundley v. Hundley

John Hundley, Jr., while performing his usual duties as janitor of the College of William and Mary, sustained an accidental injury from which he died on July 1, 1942. Alberta Hundley, the wife of the deceased, and Luvinia Hundley, the mother of the deceased, filed separate claims for compensation. The employer acknowledged liability and asked the Industrial Commission to designate the dependent legally entitled to receive the amount of compensation fixed by the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The Industrial Commission found that the wife, in 1934, had abandoned the husband voluntarily, and that…