Nelson's Case

This is a proceeding under the workmen’s compensation act, where the wife seeks to recover compensation on the ground that she is conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent upon her deceased husband because living with him at the time of his death. These are the material facts: Alice E. Nelson and her husband, Alvin R. Nelson, were married in December, 1907, in Nova Scotia, and there lived together for six months, when the husband went to Boston. He then gave his wife $20, but during the succeeding six months sent her no money. She joined him in Boston in October, 1908, and lived with him…