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SHELLEY v. CENTRAL WOODWORK, INC.

340 S.W.2d 896 (1960)

Jeanette Marie SHELLEY, by Next Friend, v. CENTRAL WOODWORK, INC.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Gerber, Gerber, Rond & Gerber, Memphis, for appellant.

W. Otis France, Memphis, for appellee.

BURNETT, Justice.

The sole question for determination in this case is whether or not a posthumous illegitimate child is a dependent under the Tennessee Workmen's Compensation Law? The Chancellor answered this question in the negative, depending primarily upon our case of Sanders v. Fork Ridge Coal & Coke Co., 156 Tenn. 145, 299 S.W. 795. To this holding exceptions were duly taken and an appeal has been seasonably perfected, briefs filed and arguments heard. We...

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