Henry's Case

Appeal by claimant, alleged partial dependent father, from a decree of the sitting Justice affirming a decision of the associate legal member of the Industrial Accident Commission, hereinafter termed the Commission, dismissing the petition for compensation.

The facts found by the Commission are thus stated in the decision:

“It seems that deceased, a school boy 19 years old, was killed on the first day of his employment by the respondent Power Company during temporary suspension of his school on account of an epidemic. During vacations and out of school hours he had been doing various odd jobs,…