Merchant's Case

Herman Merchant, born February 13,1906, who had just finished four years at Tufts College, was killed on August 13, 1930, in the course of his employment as a painter for John J. Collins. His father, Leland G. Merchant, was awarded partial dependency compensation by a ma*37jority decision of the Industrial Accident Board and by a decree of the Superior Court. The insurer appealed.

The only question is whether there was evidence warranting a finding that the father was “partly dependent upon the earnings of the employee for support at the time of the injury.” G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 152, §§ 1 (3), 31,…