Claim of Harge v. Leonard Bell & Son

Appeal from decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which found claimant to be widow of deceased employee. The marriage between the claimant and decedent took place in 1952 and the parties lived together until January, 1958, when the claimant separated from her husband because he would get drunk almost every weekend and come home and beat her. There was no decree or agreement as to the separation and albeit the decedent had sought a reconciliation, the claimant had refused to return and live with him. At the time of the compensation hearing the claimant was pregnant as the result of…