LaSalle County Carbon Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

Mr. Chiee Justice Orr

delivered the opinion of the court:

After a second hearing before the Industrial Commission, an award of $1650, payable weekly over a period of 158 weeks, was allowed to defendant in error, Matt Oven, father of Louis Oven, a coal miner, on account of the latter’s death while employed by plaintiff in error, the LaSalle County Carbon Coal Company. This award was confirmed by the circuit court of LaSalle county and the cause comes here for review by writ of error. The sole question presented is one of dependency.

Louis was accidentally killed on December 19, 1928. He had never…