Jones v. Powell Lumber Co.

By the WHOLE COURT.

O’NIELL, C. J.

The Court of Appeal, under authority of section 25 of article 7 of the Constitution (1921), has propounded the question whether, as one of the civil effects of a putative marriage, under articles 117 and 118 of the Civil Code, a widow, who was in good faith when she married and until after her husband’s death, is entitled to the compensation allowed to the widow of a deceased employee, under the Employers’ Liability Act.

The plaintiff in this case married Anderson Jones when he was already married to another woman. He obtained a divorce from the other woman 16…