Silva v. Devine

This is a petition for dependency benefits under the provisions of the workmen’s compensation act, general laws 1956, §28-37-10. The case was heard before a single commissioner who entered a decree awarding the petitioner a total of $7.50 a week for the support of three dependent children. On appeal therefrom 'by the respondent the full commission entered a decree on March 25, 1959 affirming the decree of the single commissioner, and from that decree the respondent and the attorney general have each prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The relevant facts are not in dispute. The petitioner was…