Jones v. General Motors Corp.

For the main, facts in the instant case, we refer to Watts v. General Motors Corporation, 308 Mich. 499, wherein we held that Mrs. Winifred Watts, alleged widow of the late Senica Watts, by. virtue of a common-law marriage, was not entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits, inasmuch as at the time he married and lived with her he was not legally divorced from Mabel Ruth Watts Jones-of Memphis, Tenn. We remanded the case to the department of labor and industry for the determination of whether Mabel Ruth Watts Jones was entitled to compensation. The statute, 2 Comp. Laws 1929, §8422 (Staifc.…