Barner v. International Cigar Makers' Union of America, Local No. 33
Barner v. International Cigar Makers' Union of America, Local No. 33
Opinion of the Court
— The appellant brought this action against the appellees to recover death benefits alleged to be due her as a dependent daughter of a
Section 1447 of the by-laws of the appellee union provides that the member might designate in writing the person or persons to whom the death benefits should be paid, and, if no such designation is made, such benefits shall be paid to the widow of the deceased member; if there be no widow, then to the minor children of such deceased member, then to any relative of the deceased member who at the time of his death was dependent, in whole or in part, upon such deceased member.
On. the trial of the cause all the facts alleged in the complaint were admitted to be true, except the allegation that the appellant was dependent in whole or in part upon her father for support. It appears from the evidence that appellant’s father and mother were divorced when appellant was about thr'ee and one-half years of age, at which time appellant and two sisters-were placed in a children’s home at Cleveland, Ohio, where they remained about nine years. The mother, having then remarried, took all three children out of the home. Appellant thereafter continued to live with her mother about three years, during which time the mother boarded, clothed and schooled her. Appellant quit school and started to work in a cigar factory when about fourteen years of .age, and worked continuously at such work until and after the death of her father in March, 1916. During this time she earned from $5 to $8 a week, -having earned $8 a week for six months or more before the father died. The father visited the children two. or three times while they were in -the children’s home, at ivhieh time he would give them small
'Judgment affirmed.
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