Myers v. Philadelphia Daily News

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

This appeal, raising a single question of law, is here on stipulated facts to this effect: Claimant’s husband died from a compensable accidental injury suffered by him on April 19, 1948 in the course of his employment with defendant. An action at law brought by claimant against a third party tort-feasor, responsible for the injury, resulted in a compromise settlement; the net amount received by this claimant from the proceeds of the settlement was in excess of the totai compensation payable to her by defendant under §307 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act- by the then…