Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. Taylor

DAVIS, Justice.

A workmen’s compensation case. Plaintiff-appellee, Gola Harrison Taylor, a widow, sought benefits for the death of her *185brother, William L. Harrison, against defendant-appellant, Employers Mutual Casualty Company, on the theory that Mrs. Taylor was a “dependent” upon her brother at the time of his death. The case was tried to a jury. The jury was unable to make a finding of fact as to whether or not Gola Harrison Taylor was a “dependent” of her brother, Mr. Harrison, at the time of his death. The trial court awarded a judgment in favor of appellee on the evidence, overruled…