Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Brown

POSTER, Justice.

This is a' proceeding under the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Alabama (Code 1923, § 7534 et seq.), whose purpose is to determine whether the right to compensation continues after marriage of the partially dependent mother of the deceased employee. The procedure used was that provided in section 7556, Code.

The mother had a living husband at the time of the death of her son. The amount of compensation was based upon the amount of the son’s contribution to her support, but she was not wholly dependent upon him. There is no provision of the law which deprives a dependent named in…