Hamilton v. Keller

This is an appeal by the Administrator of the Bureau of Workmen’s Compensation from a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Allen County determining that the plaintiff, appellee herein, is entitled as the widow of one Charles Hamilton to participate in the State Insurance Fund, which judgment was entered by that court on her appeal tried to the court (a jury having been waived) from a decision of the administrator denying reconsideration of his disallowance of her claim.

It is undisputed that plaintiff’s decedent was at the time of his death 49 years of age and employed by defendant Hanco Oil…