Case Name: In the Matter of the Claim of Josephine Khvedchinia, Appellant, against The Greenwood Cemetery, Respondent. State Industrial Board, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1938-04-27
Citations: 254 A.D. 717
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Claim of Josephine Khvedchinia, Appellant, against The Greenwood Cemetery, Respondent. State Industrial Board, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 717–717

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Claim of Josephine Khvedchinia, Appellant, against The Greenwood Cemetery, Respondent. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Opinion:
Appeal from a decision of the State Industrial Board filed December 28, 1936, denying an award in a death claim. The claimant seeks compensation as the widow of the decedent. The evidence justified the State Industrial Board in holding that the claimant entered into a common-law marriage in 1914 with George Chepelewitz; that during the life of the latter and while he was still her husband at common law she assumed to marry Stephen Khvedchinia, the deceased employee; and that there was no adequate proof that the common-law marriage had been dissolved when the second marriage ceremony was performed. Decision unanimously affirmed. Present — Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee, Bliss and Heffernan, JJ.