Browning v. City of Huntsville

WRIGHT, Judge.

Appellant, Lillie Smith Browning, brought suit for death benefits due under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the death' of William T. Gaskins, Jr. Gaskins was employed as a police officer by the appellee, City of Huntsville, Alabama, and was killed in -line of duty on August 26, 1968.

In addition'to usual allegations necessary to show jurisdiction of the court and application of -the Workmen’s Compensation Act, appellant’s petition alleged that she was the foster mother of the deceased and was wholly dependent upon him for support.

To the petition, appellee filed a plea in…