Maryland Casualty Co. v. Bess

On November 15, 1923, Guilford Bess, aged nineteen years, an employee of Baker County Power Company, was killed under circumstances making his death compensable under the workmen’s compensation act (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167). 11 is father, in behalf of himself, his wife, and his other minor children, the decedent’s younger sister and younger brothers, made an application for compensation as dependents. Upon the hearing it appeared that the decedent lived with his parents and the other claimants, as did also his older brother John. Decedent contributed all of his earnings, $12 per week, to the…