Thomas v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This appeal involves the proper construction to be placed on a provision of the Workmen’s Compensation Law which authorizes payment of death benefits to certain so-called ‘common-law’ widows, ① not ■withstanding the fact that they were never formally married to the injured workmen with whom they lived.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment order of the circuit court for Multnomah County which affirmed an administrative decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board denying her benefits as a ‘common-law’ widow of a workman killed in an industrial accident.

The sole question is whether the circuit…