Thompson v. Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co.

On Rehearing.

The only question in this case is whether illegitimate children who were members of the family of a deceased employee, residing with him and dependent upon his earnings for support at the time of the accident and death, are entitled to compensation as dependent members of the family, under subsection 2 of section 8 of the Employers' Liability Act, notwithstanding the children were not acknowledged by the father by one of the methods prescribed by article 203 of the Civil Code — that is, by a declaration made in the registering of the birth or baptism of the child, or by a…