Claim of Duffy v. W. G. Cornell Co.

This is an appeal by the employer and insurance carrier from an award of the State Industrial Board granting compensation to Mary Duffy, the mother of John Duffy. The sole question is dependency. The mother in her application for compensation says that she lives in Ireland; that she was partially dependent by “ assistance of money from time to time ” sent by deceased; that she and her husband lived upon a farm but were illiterate and kept no record of the farm. The affidavit of William Durning says that he cashed American money orders in the years 1926 and 1927 for Patrick and Mary Duffy from…