Hassan's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim of the widow and children of Ali Hassan, who met his death on April 28, 1919, while he was an employee of Brookfield Company. The case was heard by the board solely on the question of dependency. Material facts found and agreed to are stated in the opinion.
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Certification to the Superior Court under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board dismissing a claim of the widow and children of Ali Hassan, who met his death on April 28, 1919, while he was an employee of Brookfield Company. The case was heard by the board solely on the question of dependency. Material facts found and agreed to are stated in the opinion. In the Superior Court, the case was heard by Lummus, J., by whose order a decree was entered in accordance with the decision of the board; and the claimants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
The deceased, an employee within the meaning of the workmen’s compensation act, received fatal injuries in the course of and arising out of his employment on April 28,1919. He came to this country in 1912 from Syria, where he left his wife and three minor children upon a farm owned by him. The wife and children have remained upon this farm and have had no other means of support except the sustenance derived from it by their own work and the money sent them by the employee, who had no income except his wages. Between his arrival in this country and 1917 he sent various sums of money to his…
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