Houlehan v. Pullman Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

On the morning of September 28, 1920, James J. Houlehan was killed by a street car at the intersection of Fifteenth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia. He was employed as conductor by the Pullman Company and this proceeding by his widow and children was brought against that company under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The accident did not happen on the employer’s premises and the case turned on whether the deceased was then engaged in the course of his employment. The referee and compensation board found he was and allowed compensation; this the court of common…