Cardone v. Jennings

Opinion by

Baldmge, J.,

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether there was sufficient legally competent evidence to sustain an award of compensation for total dependency.

Dominick Cardone, 19 years old, was killed in the course of his employment by a slide of coal. His widowed mother, 58 years of age, filed a claim petition, alleging that she was totally dependent on the deceased at the time of his death.

The testimony shows that on February 4, 1936, the date of deceased’s death, and for some time prior thereto, the family household, in addition to Dominick and his mother, consisted…