Holland Construction Co. v. Sullivan

Ed. F. McPaddin, Justice.

The ultimate question to be decided in this appeal is the right of the appellee to recover compensation payments because of the death of his natural father. To decide the ultimate question, we must consider certain provisions of our 1939 Workmen’s Compensation Law.

Statement of the Case

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wooldridge had a son, named John David, born November 27, 1943. Mrs. Wooldridge died in September, 1945; and shortly thereafter, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan took John David into their home as a companion for their little boy, Connie. In December, 1946, with Mr.…