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COLBY v. VARNEY

No. 4170.

98 N.H. 99 (1953)

RALPH M. COLBY & a. v. FRED VARNEY & a.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

March 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sleeper, Robert Shaw and Wayne J. Mullavey (Mr. Mullavey orally), for the plaintiffs.

Eliot U. Wyman (by brief and orally), for the defendants.

DUNCAN, J.

"Dependents" as defined by the Workmen's Compensation Law, includes "parents . . . who were wholly or partially dependent in fact upon the earnings of the employee for support at the time of the injury." Laws 1947, c. 266, s. 2 VII. Section 20, upon which the plaintiffs rely, provides in part as follows: "COMPENSATION FOR DEATH. If death results from the injury, the employer shall pay to, or for the dependent or dependents of the deceased...

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