Reeves v. Northwestern Manufacturing Co.

The facts are not in dispute. Tbe appellee, prior to her marriage with the deceased, on account of whose death the compensation was awarded, had been married and divorced. She had one child as the fruit of the first marriage, who was, at the time of the hearing, eight years of age. There was no issue of her marriage with deceased. The appellee’s child, the stepchild of the deceased, although not living with the appellee and deceased at the time of the latter’s death, was in fact dependent upon him for support. Neither the mother nor the child had any means or property. Prior to the…