Spurgin v. Spurgin

I find myself unable to agree with the majority. The question at issue in this-case cannot be- thoroughly understood unless some attention is paid to the legislative history of the matter. The first workmen’s compensation act was chapter 218 of the Laws of 1911. That act introduced the idea of workmen’s compensation into our state. The entire subject was then in more of an experimental stage than it is now. The payment of amount of compensation to dependents was dealt with in section 11 of that act. Subparagraph 2 of that section provided as follows:

“If the workman does not leave any such…