MATTER OF AKESON v. SALVAGE PROCESS CORP.


280 A.D. 841 (1952)

In the Matter of the Claim of Alma Akeson, Respondent, v. Salvage Process Corporation et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

June 13, 1952.


Appellants raise only an issue as to claimant's status as the widow of decedent; the question being whether the evidence justifies the board's finding of fact that at the time of decedent's death claimant was his common-law wife. For many years prior to 1933 decedent and claimant lived together continuously under circumstances which would sufficiently establish their common-law marriage except for the impediment that claimant's lawful...

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