Yanasavage v. Lehigh Nav. Coal Co.

Opinion bv

James, J.,

This is an appeal by the claimant from the order of the court of common pleas of Schuylkill County, sustaining an appeal from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which had sustained the action of the referee in setting aside a final receipt on the ground of mistake of fact, and in reinstating the compensation agreement.

On March 12, 1930, claimant was injured while employed as a miner by defendant. A claim petition was filed by him, in which it was alleged that “while drilling a hole, a piece of coal fell on right side, resulting in contused and lacerated wounds,…