Kiska v. C.H. Ziegenfuss Co., Inc.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

This is a workman’s compensation case, and involves an alleged common law marriage of claimant and the deceased employee, Paul Kiska. The claimant filed a petition with the Workmen’s 'Compensation Board asserting that she was the common law wife of Paul Kiska who died on April 10, 1940, as the result of an accident which occurred in the course of his employment with defendant employer, and that she was entitled to compensation as his dependent widow. An answer was filed to the petition in which it was denied that claimant was the common law wife of deceased. The referee…