Sands v. Brock Candy Co.

Mb. Speoiad Justice B. A. Davis

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The two plaintiffs in error, acting through their guardian, are the dependent grandchildren of C. M. Sands, who met his death in June, 1934, under such facts as made his employer, Brock Candy Company, liable for the compensation fixed by the Workmen’s Compensation Act (Code 1932, sec. 6851 et seq.). The employee’s weekly wages amounted to $19.50. In the month following his death, a joint petition was filed by the surviving widow, and the employer, in which the death, wages, and right to compensation were conceded; this petition…