Boykin v. State Industrial Accident Commission

The plaintiff, who uses the name Kathleen Boykin, appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant State Industrial Accident Commission upon findings and conclusions made by the trial judge sitting without a jury.

The plaintiff had appealed to the circuit court from an administrative order of the Commission denying her widow’s benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Act.

The sole question is whether the plaintiff was the widow of one Jack E. Boykin, whose fatal injuries were sustained while he was engaged in employment covered by the act. There were no children born as issue of the…