66 Ind. App. 405 | Ind. Ct. App. | 1917
— Iii May, 1916, and for some time prior thereto, "Wesley Coffee was a resident of Mound City, Illinois. Unable to find employment in his home town, he came to Muncie, Indiana, in said month, and immediately commenced working for appellant. ' He continued to work in appellant’s factory until December 4,1916, when his clothing caught in the gear wheels of the machine at which he was working and his body was so crushed and mangled that his death resulted in about five hours. His wife, the appellee herein, petitioned the Industrial Board for an award. A hearing was held at the courthouse at Muncie before the Hon. Charles B. Hughes, a member of said board, who awarded her the sum of $6.60 per week for 300 weeks. Each party made due application for a rehearing by the full board. On review the full board found, among other. things: “That the said Wesley Coffee left surviving him the plaintiff, his wife, as his sole and only dependent; that the plaintiff and said Wesley Coffee, at the time of his injury and death, were living together as husband and wife and plaintiff was being supported by him and was wholly dependent upon him.” The award was. increased by the full board from $6.60 to $8.25 per week, for the reason that decedent’s average weekly wage was erroneously stated in the original finding.
The error assigned is that the award made by the full board is contrary to law and appellant’s contention is that the evidence does not justify that portion of the finding above set out.
The testimony of nine witnesses was received. From all the eyidence it appears that the following facts are not disputed: Appellee and the deceased were duly intermarried on June 16,. 1914, and she was
Appellant complains of the action of the board in overruling its motion to postpone the hearing before the full board. But no rule of the board bearing on this point is set out, and the matter is not presented by appellant’s brief in a manner that would justify us in deciding it.
The award of the Industrial Board is affirmed.
Note. — Reported in 117 N. E. 524. Workmen’s compensation: who are “dependents” within meaning oí act, L. R. A. 1916A 121, 248, 1917D 157; Ann. Cas.' 1913E 480, 1918B 749; review of facts on appeal under act, Ann. Cas. 1916B 476, 1918B 647; what constitutes living together oí husband and wife within meaning of act, Ann. Cas. 1915B 880.