Gritta's Case
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Certification to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board upon claims by Frances and Andrea, minor illegitimate children of Andrea Gritta. a deceased employee, for compensation under the act. ■ The board by its decision denied requests by the insurer for the following rulings: “2. On all the evidence, Frances and Andrea Pappalardo, otherwise known as Frances and Andrea Gritta, are not entitled to compensation.
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Certification to the Superior Court under the workmen’s compensation act of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board upon claims by Frances and Andrea, minor illegitimate children of Andrea Gritta. a deceased employee, for compensation under the act. ■ The board by its decision denied requests by the insurer for the following rulings: “2. On all the evidence, Frances and Andrea Pappalardo, otherwise known as Frances and Andrea Gritta, are not entitled to compensation. “3. On all the evidence, Frances and Andrea Pappalardo, otherwise known as Frances and Andrea Gritta, were not members of…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The record shows that Maria Pappalardo was married in Italy and lived there with her husband; that, before she left that country in 1911, her husband had been convicted of serious offences and committed to prison for life; that his wife then came to America, met the deceased employee, and later, about September 26, 1913, "went through a marriage ceremony, legal in form,” with him; and that thereafter the parties lived together as husband and wife.
The single member of the Industrial Accident Board found that in entering into the alleged marriage contract she did so with the belief there was no…
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