American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Armstrong

Tbe plaintiff in error requested a hearing by the Industrial Board to determine which of three claimants was entitled to compensation on account of the death of an employee covered by the workmen’s compensation act. Two of the claimants were eliminated by the board because of bigamous marriages with the employee. The other claimant, the defendant in error here, was held not to be entitled to compensation. On appeal to the superior court this award was reversed and compensation was awarded to the defendant in error. We are concerned here with the correctness of the judgment of the superior…