Barker v. Reynolds

Appellants appeal from an award of the Industrial Board allowing compensation in the amount of $3.16 per week for 300 weeks to appellant Nannie S. Barker, and a finding by the board that appellant Charles R. Barker is not a dependent. It is assigned as error that the award is contrary to law, the first contention being that the Industrial Board erred in arriving at the amount of $3.16, being 55 per cent of the weekly contribution by deceased, as found by the board, whereas the board should have allowed compensation on a basis of $12.75 weekly contribution, or 55 per cent of the minimum weekly…