Nolen v. Wortz Biscuit Co.

Ed. F. MoFaddiN, Justice.

This appeal necessitates a decision as to the scope of the evidence to 1>e considered on tlie question of dependency under § 15(h) of the Arkansas Workmen’s Compensation Law, which is Act 319 of 1939.

Dorothy Nolen, a single woman 38 years of age, was an employee of the Wortz Biscuit Company at Fort Smith, and she died on December 30, 1944, as a result of burns received in and arising out of her employment. Appellants, the father and mother of Dorothy Nolen, filed claim for partial dependency under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The claim was resisted by appellees,…