Shea v. Hoffman

The question presented by this appeal is whether or not compensation awarded a dependent child ceases up on lier marriage before arriving at age 16i Tbe trial judge beld that compensation awarded a daughter under age 16 did not cease upon her marriage while under 16, because she fell within the class mentioned in section 6883 (9) of the Code, section 30, subsec. 9, chapter 123, Acts 1919, defined therein as conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent and as physically and mentally incapacitated from earning.

The Compensation Act put the child under 16 in the same class as the wife, as may be…