Browne's Case

The employee, Marjorie H. Browne, was injured on November 30, 1946, while working for her employer. The single member and the reviewing board found that Phyllis Browne, the daughter of the employee and her husband Walter J. Browne, was born on September 8, 1932, and was living with the employee and her husband at the time of the injury. Dependency compensation was awarded to the employee. The Superior Court gave compensation accordingly, and the insurer appealed to this court.

Statute 1946, c. 553, revising § 35A of c. 152 of the General Laws, was approved on June 13, 1946. It was therefore in…