Reichert v. Sunshine Mining Co.

SHEPARD, Justice.

These cases, one an appeal from the State Industrial Commission, and one an appeal from a judgment of the district court of the First Judicial District for Shoshone County, were consolidated upon appeal. Both cases involve the claims of a person alleging to have been the “wife” of a deceased. The first case involves benefits resulting from the death of the deceased by way of the workmen’s compensation law;. the second case concerns claims *648regarding the distribution of the estate of the deceased.

While there is but one set of facts applicable to both cases, the configuration is…