McCaney v. Maple Glen Coal Co.

Per Curiam,

A modification by the Workmen’s Compensation Board of a compensation agreement was affirmed by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, and this appeal issued.

We adopt the following excerpts from the opinion of the court below: “The deceased was an alien [who lived] in Pennsylvania with his wife and four minor children up to the time of his death; his wife then returned to Czecho-Slovakia, of which she was a citizen, and took the children with her; compensation was first allowed as if the minors also were aliens, but, upon it being brought to the attention of the board that…