Sizemore v. Industrial Commission of Utah

CROCKETT, Justice.

This case comes to us on certiorari to review an order of the Industrial Commission, on the ground that it abused its discretion in making an allocation of an award to dependents.

The deceased, William L. Sizemore, a sawmill employee, met his death when the cabin in which he was staying while on the job caught fire and burned. It is conceded that the accident causing his death arose out of and in the course of his employment.

Survivors included Maybell F. Sizemore, his wife, and her daughter, Sarah L. Peterson, 15 years old, who was thus deceased’s stepdaughter; deceased also…