Bjorkstrand v. Klagstad

Johanna Bjorkstrand, plaintiff and appellant, a resident of Finland, appeals from the department of labor and industry’s order denying compensation. Appellant’s husband, Edward Bjork-strand, now deceased, left her and their two children in 1923 and came to this country in search of em ployment. On December 10, 1928, while employed by M. Klagstad and J. Nord in the lumber woods near Manistique, Michigan, he suffered a severe injury from which he died the following month. At the time he was hurt, he was receiving $12 per week and board, which was estimated to be the- equivalent of an additional…