Legal Opinion

Sharpe v. Federal Window & Office Cleaning Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 22, 1940No. Appeal, 60PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

Claude E. Sharpe, while in the employ of Federal Window and Office Cleaning Company, was killed on March 11, 1937 by an accidental fall from a window he was cleaning in the course of his employment.

A claim for compensation was filed on March 19,1937 by Amanda Sharpe, claiming to be his widow. At the time of his death she was pregnant, but on the oral argument it was stated that the child was born dead.

She testified that she first met the decedent at a New Year’s dance in 1933 and after going together for a while, on a Saturday night in April, 1933, they went through…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Estate of MurdockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Thewlis's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
  4. Hantz v. SealySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1814
  5. McCausland's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  3. Shields v. FolsomDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
  4. Hudek v. United Engineering & Foundry Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
  5. Madison v. LewisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942

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