Caviston v. Lang

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This is an appeal in a workmen’s compensation case. Margaret M. Caviston filed a claim petition asking that she as a dependent widow of Dominic Caviston, who died August 1, 1941 as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident occurring in the southern portion of the state of New York, be awarded compensation for herself and five minor children. The employer ffitecNtn answer demanding proof that the petitioner is the widow of Dominic Caviston and denying that the decedent was in the course of his employment at the time of the fatal accident.

At the hearing…