Holmberg's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding compensation to Matilda Holmberg .as the dependent widow of Charles Holmberg, a deceased employee, and to Neilson Holmberg and Ernest Holmberg, sons of the deceased employee under eighteen years of age.
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Appeal to the Superior Court under St. 1911, c. 751, Part II, § 11, as amended by St. 1912, c. 571, § 14, from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding compensation to Matilda Holmberg .as the dependent widow of Charles Holmberg, a deceased employee, and to Neilson Holmberg and Ernest Holmberg, sons of the deceased employee under eighteen years of age. In the Superior Court the case was heard by Eitchcock, J. The evidence reported by the Industrial Accident Board is described in the opinion. The judge made a decree in accordance with the decision of the board ordering “that the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act. Charles Holmberg, the employee, received personal injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment which resulted in his death. He left a widow, Matilda, and their child, Neilson Holmberg. Mrs. Holmberg’s daughter Alice, a child of a former marriage, lived with the employee and her mother at the time of his decease. The employee also left a son Ernest Holmberg, a child by a 'former wife, who lived with the decedent’s daughter in Wisconsin. All the above named children are under the age of eighteen years. The question at…
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