Legal Opinion
Claim of Myers v. Tuttle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided September 19, 1951PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBergan, J.
In the course of his employment Robert D. Myers was killed in 1948 while operating a crane. The question presented by the appeal is whether there is substantial evidence *544upon which the Workmen’s Compensation Board could find, as it has, that the claimant is his widow.
Claimant testified that on November 17, 1947, she and the decedent, both then residents of New York, joined in a ceremonial marriage at Elkton, Maryland. The arrangements for the marriage were made by the decedent out of claimant’s presence. She did not know the name of the person who solemnized the marriage nor the nature of his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hynes v. . McDermottNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Denison v. DenisonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1872
- Chamberlain v. . ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Palmer v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1900
- Betsinger v. . ChapmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
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