Selser v. Dauphin County Poor District

Wickersham, J.,

This matter comes before us on appeal from the decision of the State Workmen’s Insurance Fund. The case involves a compensation claim made by a relief worker. The defense is that claimant was a Federal employe and that, therefore, the United States Employees’ Liability Commission has jurisdiction of the claim.

In Pennsylvania relief workers who were injured prior to 1933 are entitled to be paid compensation as provided by the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act: Hattler et al. v. Wayne County, 117 Pa. Superior Ct. 570, *338affirmed in 320 Pa. 280; Conn v. Lower Tyrone Twp. et…