Miami Coal Co. v. Peskir

Nikola Peskir, while in the employ of appellant in a coal mine in Vigo county received an injury arising out of and in the course of his employment and which resulted in his death. He left surviving him two children under the age of eighteen years neither of whom ever resided in the United States, both of them being, citizens and residents of the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. The Industrial Board found said children were wholly dependent upon their father for support and awarded them compensation at the rate of $18.20 per week during their dependency, not exceeding 300 weeks.

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