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Dube's Case

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 23, 1917PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making an award to Virginia Dube, as the mother of Aime Dube partially dependent upon him for support at the time of his injury and death, he having been employed as a bobbin stripper at the Boott Mills in Lowell.

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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board making an award to Virginia Dube, as the mother of Aime Dube partially dependent upon him for support at the time of his injury and death, he having been employed as a bobbin stripper at the Boott Mills in Lowell. In the Superior Court the .case was heard by Fox, J. The findings of the arbitration committee and the evidence before them as reported to the Industrial Accident Board and also the findings of that board and the inferences drawn…

1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.

The arbitration committee visited the mill, saw the place where the deceased was employed and observed the bobbin- stripping machines, the roll winder and the pulleys -by which they were operated. At the hearing before the committee “It was agreed that the conditions were the same as they existed at the time of the accident to Dube except that the pulley at the extreme end of the main shaft and the pulley on the roll winder had been moved over so that they were on the other side of the roll winder, further away from the bobbin strippers.” Upon the uncontradicted testimony of all the…

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  4. Sanderson's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  5. Morse v. HillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Gorski's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
  2. McLean's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
  3. Jabbour v. Central Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  4. Fountaine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  5. Ginley's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923

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