Lafferty v. Carbo-Oxygen Co.

Opinion by

Paekee, J.,

We agree with the conclusions of the referee, board and court of common pleas that the plaintiff is entitled to compensation for the death of her husband. The only question raised on this appeal is whether there was sufficient competent evidence to sustain the referee’s findings that the deceased met his death as a result of an accident.

The referee found: “That on October 18, 1930, the [deceased], a man 61 years of age, when loading oxygen cylinders in freight car, some cylinders fell on his left foot, bruising said foot. That as a result of said bruises the [deceased’s]…