Janesville Sand & Gravel Co. v. Industrial Commission

Counsel for appellant ably argue that one may not become dependent by his voluntary act; that dependency, as understood in the compensation law, means actual dependency in fact. In other words, as we understand the position of appellant, it is that a dependent within the law must be incapable of earning his own support in whole or in part.

The legislature may very well have taken that view if it chose to do so. The question here is, Did it do so, or did it provide that one who draws her sole support from a parent, without any contractual relation and with no other means of support, is wholly…