Wills v. State Compensation Commissioner

Maxwell, Judge:

Claimant appeals from an order of the compensation commissioner refusing her compensation as a partial dependent of her deceased son, Ray Wills.

Ray was killed September 26, 1932, while working for the Hatfield-Campbell Creek Coal Company. At the time of Ray’s death, claimant’s family consisted of three sons, Ray, age 23, Robert, 20, Harry, 10, and a daughter Reba, 16. Claimant’s husband had been killed in 1928. She has no property nor did her husband leave any estate. As the dependent widow of her deceased husband claimant receives compensation from the workmen’s compensation…