THE STEWART CO., ET AL. v. CHRISTMAS

No. 39623.

224 Miss. 29 (1955)

79 So.2d 526

THE STEWART CO., et al. v. CHRISTMAS.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vardaman S. Dunn, Jackson, for appellants.

J. Wesley Miller, Rolling Fork, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

The sole question in this case is whether appellee Josephine B. Christmas, who was the legal wife of Earnest Christmas when he was killed while working for appellant, The Stewart Company, on November 24, 1953, was "living with" him so as to qualify her as a dependent widow under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Code 1942, Section 6998-02(14) provides: "The term `widow' includes the decedent's legal wife, living...

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