Cole v. State Compensation Commissioner

Riley, Judge:

Ella Cole, claiming as the widow of John Cole, seeks the reversal of an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming the action of the Compensation Commissioner which rejected her application for compensation.

John Cole died on September 29, 1937, as a result of injuries received by him in the course of and resulting from his employment by the Crab Orchard Improvement Company. Claimant applied for compensation as decedent’s surviving dependent widow. The claim was refused by the Commissioner on the ground that claimant was “not legally married to the deceased, and…