Goshorn v. Roger Sherman Transfer Co.

The question is whether the plaintiff, mother-in-law of the deceased employee, is a dependent within the meaning of the word as used in the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The compensation commissioner found that she was. The subordinate facts upon which his conclusion rested were as follows: The plaintiff’s daughter married the decedent in 1920. A son, Robert, was born of the marriage in 1921. When Robert was about five months old, the decedent and his family went to live with the plaintiff and her husband. In 1923 the plaintiff and her husband separated and she has not received any support from…