Newton v. the Rhode Island Company

The above entitled proceeding is a petition under the Workmen’s Compensation Act filed in the Superior Court October 16, 1915. The petitioner therein claimed compensation for loss arising from the death of her husband, James E. Newton; which death resulted from a personal injury received by him through accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with the respondent the Rhode Island Company. On January 16, 1916, by decree of the Superior Court it was adjudged that the petitioner was wholly dependent upon the earnings of the deceased at the time of said injury and the respondent…