Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-20
TAFTvILLE BOY GETS AWARD
Eight Year Old Asa Pante Receive $5 Weekly for 312 Weeks for Death of His Father-Mother Appointed Guardian Makes Award in Favor of Son as He Finds Mother Was Not Dependent on Decedent- Father Supported Boy Who Lived With Mother.

and also in behalf of the child. There is no process of reasoning whereby the widow in this case can be con-. sidered or looked upon in the light of a dependent. as there is no evidence to show that either received support from her husband or lived with him at the time of his death and accord ing to Section 10 of Part B of the Act as amended, a wife if only depend ent upon a husband with whom she lives at the time of his injury or from whom she received support reg ularly. But. under this same section, sub division Co ''any child under the age of eighteen years is he is living or from whom he is re- ceiving support regularly at the time of the injury of such parent there being no surviving dependent parent" and in the present instance the widow Is not 8 dependent parent.
 The claim is made by the attorney for the respondents that neither the widow nor the child are dependents, according to his idea of the statute, on the ground that neither the widow larly at the time of the Injury in question; I agree with his view npon the standing of the widow as to the question of dependency and I have
 found that she is not 8 dependent, but
 do consider and find that the child
 iS d dCpSlioCtIA- HS iSSpOlue1tlS dI-
 torney objects to the claim of the
 child as a dependent on the ground
 that the contributions had not been
 received regularly at the time of the
 injury of the parent. would not
 consider that as q final test on the
 question of dependency as in the present instance the evidence shows that the contributions had been made
 in the interest of the child up to with
 in some six months previous to the
 death of the parent and it was also
 shown that the decedent intended to get sum of money a short while be- fore his fatal accident occurred and
 pay to the wife what he owed for the support of the child and straighten the account up to date. If at any time the decedent had refused to live up to the agreement made with the widow.
 the obligation which he had thus in cured was a debt collectable by le- gal procedure in case he had means, and in case he had none, she had oth- CT redress which could be used to en- which he had obligated himself to pay.
 The question of dependency must be decided entirely on the facts pre- senting themselves at the time of the injury It is not necessary that the contributions should be essential for the maintenance of life of the depend ent. It is incumbent to, show that contributions have been made at in teryals, and that these coatrfhutions were necessary and were uscd to maintain his or her standard of liv-
 Ing.
 In the present case while tho earr- ings of the mother were used to q
 certain extent for the support of fi1e
 child still with her assis+ +ance aloTac
 the standard of living of the child could not he maintained.
 After consideration of all the evil dence presented. the clai?T1 or Yrs
 Plants is dismissed. hut the child is
 found to Do a dependent of the de
 ceased within the meaning Of the act
 and compensation is accordingly
 awarded.