WHITE v. N.P. METTOME COMPANY

No. 8193.

2 Utah 2d 415 (1954)

275 P.2d 880

LOIS H. WHITE, WIDOW OF PAUL WHITE, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF, v. N.P. METTOME COMPANY, THE STATE INSURANCE FUND AND THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF UTAH, DEFENDANTS.

Supreme Court of Utah.

November 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Vernon Langlois, Salt Lake City, for plaintiff.

E.R. Callister, Jr., Atty. Gen., F.A. Trottier, Salt Lake City, for defendant.


WADE, Justice.

Certiorari to review an order of the Industrial Commission denying Lois H. White compensation for the death of her divorced husband which occurred as a result of an accident in the course of his employment.

The only question presented is: Was applicant a dependant of decedent at the time of his death within the meaning of the provisions of Sec. 35-1-71, U.C.A. 1953, which reads as follows insofar as pertinent here:

"The following persons...

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