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HEWETT v. GARRETT

No. 67IC22.

161 S.E.2d 157 (1968)

1 N.C. App. 234

Mrs. Willa Blanche HEWETT, Widow, Barbara Ruth Hewett, minor daughter, by her Next Friend, Rebecca Wilson, Carl Hayes Hewett, Deceased Employee, v. S. W. GARRETT, Employer, Glens Falls Insurance Co., Carrier.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Goldberg, Wilmington, for minor plaintiff, Barbara Ruth Hewett, appellant.

James, James & Crossley, John F. Crossley, Wilmington, for plaintiff-widow, Mrs. Willa Blanche Hewett, appellee.

PARKER, Justice.

G.S. § 97-39 provides:

"A widow, a widower and/or a child shall be conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon the deceased employee. In all other cases questions of dependency, in whole or in part shall be determined in accordance with the facts as the facts may be at the time of the accident, but * * * no compensation shall be allowed unless the dependency existed for a period of three months or more prior to the...

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