Westfall v. J. P. Burroughs & Son

This is an appeal from an order of the department of labor and industry, filed June 8, 1936, which found that plaintiff, Doris Pincombe (Westfall), was not the wife of Kenneth Westfall, deceased, and therefore was not a dependent within the meaning of 2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 8422; and an appeal from an order denying a petition to join as party plaintiff Ramona Elizabeth Westfall, an alleged posthumous child of Kenneth Westfall and Doris Pincombe.

The department found that Kenneth Westfall was killed in the course of his employment with defendant, J. P. Burroughs & Son, on December 26, 1934. Doris…