Phillips & Buttorff Mfg. Co. v. Jordan

This is a workmen’s compensation case. All elements of the action are conceded except that of dependency. The trial judge found that the deceased employee left no widow or child hut that his mother, the appellee, “was partially dependant for support upon said deceased son, who contributed regularly more than one-half of the total income of said mother,” for her support.

“We early held that the question of the dependency of a father and mother was one of fact and the finding of the trial Judge will not, therefore, he disturbed, if supported by any material evidence.” Sweeton v. Tenn. Consol.…