Betor v. National Biscuit Co.

ASSOCIATE JUSTICES FORD and ANGSTMAN:

We dissent. Under our statute which provides for compensation to a major dependent “to the extent of such dependency” one partially dependent on the deceased is entitled to compensation. This court recognized this rule in Edwards v. Butte & Superior Mining Co., 83 Mont. 122, 270 Pac. 634.

Mrs. Betor testified that ■ deceased contributed to her about forty dollars per month in cash, which she used to buy “clothing and grub”; the record indicates that some contributions had been made for five or six years. This was corroborated by her husband, father of the…