United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Washington

1. Except where the workmen’s compensation act specifically creates a presumption of dependency in favor of named classes, the question of dependency is one of fact rather than of law. Under that act a boy under the age of eighteen or a girl under the age of eighteen is conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon a parent. The same presumption arises in favor of a child over the age specified who is shown to be physically or mentally incapacitated from earning a livelihood. Ga. D. 1920, p. 189, § 39(c). In the instant- case, the claimant being more than eighteen years of…