Jones v. George R. Cooke Co.

Butzel, J,

Albert Jones died from injuries sustained while in the employ of George E. Cooke Company, which was insured by the -¿Etna Life Insurance Company. Both companies, as defendants, have appealed from a compensation award allowed Ana Forbes J ones as the widow of decedent, by the department of labor and industry. Lestee Jones, another appellant and also a plaintiff, claims that she is the real widow, and that the award should have been made to her. The defendants assert that Lestee Jones could not be the legal widow, as there was no evidence of any legal divorce from Ana Forbes Jones,…