Keohane's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding compensation to Julia Keohane, the alleged dependent widow of John J. Keohane, who was injured and killed on August 14, 1916, when in the employ of Ellen A. McCarthy, executrix of the will of Timothy J. McCarthy, who held at the time of his death a policy of workmen’s compensation insurance issued by the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company for a…
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Appeal to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act from a decision of the Industrial Accident Board awarding compensation to Julia Keohane, the alleged dependent widow of John J. Keohane, who was injured and killed on August 14, 1916, when in the employ of Ellen A. McCarthy, executrix of the will of Timothy J. McCarthy, who held at the time of his death a policy of workmen’s compensation insurance issued by the Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company for a period of twelve months from March 3, 1916. The case was heard by Wait, J., who made the order of February 11, 1918,…
1Opinion of the CourtBraley, J.
The intestate, John J. ICeohane, a teamster, had been in the employ of one Timothy J. McCarthy, to whom under St. 1911, c. 751, as amended, the insurer issued a policy dated March 3, 1916, to run for one year, protecting him as a subscriber from liability on account of injuries or death sustained by his employees. But, McCarthy having died testate on June 15,1916, his executrix, without being empowered by the will or authorized by a decree of the court of probate, continued after his death in the business for the benefit of the estate and retained ICeohane as an employee. See St. 1910, c.…
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