MATTER OF INKPEN v. LEHIGH CONSTR. CO., INC.


12 A.D.2d 692 (1960)

In the Matter of the Claim of Frances Inkpen, Respondent, v. Lehigh Construction Co., Inc., et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

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

December 2, 1960


Claimant's right to an award of compensation as the widow of the decedent employee depends on the validity of a Mexican divorce obtained by the decedent against his first wife. This is not an attack upon the validity of the divorce by the first wife claiming compensation; it is an attack by the employer and insurance carriers, strangers to the marital relation. After the Mexican court had granted the divorce, the decedent and this claimant married in Connecticut in a ceremonial...

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