Dumond's Case

An appeal from a decree based upon the findings of the Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Accident Commission.

The employee was fatally injured in an accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. The claimant is the’ father of the deceased employee and the question involved is whether the father was a dependent within the meaning of the Compensation Act, and, if so, to what extent.

Over four years prior to the accident the claimant was the owner of two farms and apparently in comfortable circumstances. At the insistence of the deceased, he sold his two small farms and purchased a…