Sweeton v. Tennessee Consol. Coal Co.

Petitioners for compensation in this case are the father, mother, brothers and sisters of Charles Sweeton, who was accidentally killed August 14th, 1941, while working in defendant’s mines. He was nineteen years old and resided in the family home, owned by his parents, the dwelling house located on a five-acre tract, used partly as a garden. His father earned in the first nine months of the current year, 1941, that is, up to the date of this son’s death, $1,113.30, at the rate of nearly $125 per month. The question for consideration is whether or not petitioners are partial ‘ ‘ dependents ’ ’…