IN RE JONES

No. 9020.

372 P.2d 406 (1962)

In re William E. JONES, Deceased. Clifton B. EDWARDS and Inez Edwards, husband and wife, parents by adoption and legal guardians of the estates of Cheryl Joy and Vicki Ruth, both formerly Jones, being natural children of the deceased, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. HOLMES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., Employer, and Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Surety, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

June 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Boyd, Boise, for appellants.

Sasser & Danahy, Tampa, Fla., and Reginald R. Reeves, Idaho Falls, for respondents.


SMITH, Chief Justice.

This appeal involves the question whether minor children are entitled to payment of workmen's compensation benefits growing out of the death of their father in covered employment, after the children were legally adopted by a married couple.

The facts are not in dispute. May 2, 1958, William E. Jones received a personal injury caused by an accident arising out of and in the course of covered employment which resulted in his death on that...

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