Cripps's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board. The case was heard by Pierce, J., who made a decree confirming the decision of the Industrial Accident Board and ordering that Julia Cripps, the dependent widow of John Cripps, should receive a weekly payment of $6.75 for three hundred weeks from October 23, 1912, the date of the injury that resulted in his death.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part III, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board. The case was heard by Pierce, J., who made a decree confirming the decision of the Industrial Accident Board and ordering that Julia Cripps, the dependent widow of John Cripps, should receive a weekly payment of $6.75 for three hundred weeks from October 23, 1912, the date of the injury that resulted in his death. The insurer appealed from the decree. The questions raised by the appeal are stated in the opinion. It appeared that John…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The exceptions must be dismissed, as the insurer’s appeal from the decree below is the only method by which questions of law arising under St. 1911, c. 751, can be brought to this court. McNicol’s Case, 215 Mass. 497.
The deceased workman while in the course of his employment and about his employer’s business driving a truck in the public streets came into collision with a car of a street railway company, receiving injuries which ultimately caused his death, al-' though after the accident he performed his accustomed work for about two and a half months. The company having obtained on the…
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