Perkins v. Kavanaugh

The Industrial Accident Commission, when this case was before it, one member only sitting, appears to have decided that the effect of sufficient competent evidence had been to establish every affirmative proposition except' that of the widowhood of the claimant. In compensation cases, it may be assumed, speaking broadly, that, at the time of a workman’s accident, his wife was dependent upon him for support. R. S., Chap. 55, Sec. 2, Par. VIII.

The decree which, at the instance of the respondents, a justice of the Superior Court, by statute direction, signed and entered, gave efficacy to the…