Black Mountain Corporation v. Jones

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Affirming.

Eldon Hardwick Jones, seventeen or eighteen years old, was killed while employed as a miner by the appellant. Claims for compensation were filed by his mother, stepfather, sister and brother as his dependents. His sister, though only fourteen years old, married a few days after he was killed and her claim was disallowed. The circuit court confirmed the award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board of $6 a week to the other three claimants. The employer appeals from that judgment.

The mother of the deceased testified that her son gave her over…