Simpson v. State Compensation Commissioner

Hatcher, Judge:

In November, 1930, Pete Simpson went through a regular marriage ceremony with Mamie Saunders, a single woman. At that time he had a wife who had deserted him. but from whom he had not been divorced. Mamie was not aware of his marital impediment. She was the mother of 'William, then eleven months old, an illegitimate child by another man. Simpson was killed in July, 1932, while at work for a subscriber to the Workmen’s Compensation Fund. Between November, 1930, and July, 1932, Simpson voluntarily maintained a home for, and furnished the entire support of, Mamie and William. The…