Morgan v. Susino Construction Co.

The opinion oC the court was delivered by

Brogan, Chief Justice.

A writ of certiorari was allowed to review an award in a compensation case. The debated question is whether the petitioner, an infant, is a total dependent of the deceased employee who admittedly met his death b}' accident arising out of and in the course of his emploj’ment. The infant petitioner, born a matter of two weeks after the death of the employee, Jordan, is the natural child of the decedent and one Bessie Morgan who, during the interval from conception to the birth of the child, was the wife of Arthur Morgan, from whom…