Thomas v. Contractor's Material Co.

Appellant is the widow of one Tommie Thomas whose death justified compensation under our Workmen’s Compensation Law, Laws 1948, c. 354, provided there is a qualified beneficiary. She was the legal widow of the deceased but at the time of the death of Tommie Thomas, he was living with another woman and appellant was, and had been for six or seven years, living in adultery with one Williams by whom she had several children. She had not lived with Thomas for fifteen years since their separation about 1934. From an adverse judgment by the circuit court affirming the finding of the Commission,…