Hamby v. . Cobb Homewood, Inc.

Pee Ctjeiam.

We tbink tbe court below correct in its ruling. Tbe General Assembly of 1931, cb. 274, sec. 5, amended tbe Compensation Act, as follows: “By striking out all of said section and by substituting tberefor tbe following: “Section 40. If tbe deceased employee leaves no dependents tbe employer shall pay to tbe next of kin as herein defined tbe commuted amount provided for in section thirty-eight of this act for whole dependents etc. . . . For tbe purpose of this section tbe term ‘next of kin’ shall include only tbe father, mother, widow, child, brother or sister of tbe deceased.” Tbe…