Renovich v. Bethlehem Mines Corp.

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This appeal calls for a construction of section 307 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as amended by Act of April 26, 1929, P. L. 829, with special reference to the phrase, “children to whom he stood in loco parentis.”

In listing the persons entitled to compensation in case of the injured employee’s death, the act mentions children under the age of sixteen and says: “The terms ‘child’ and ‘children’ shall include stepchildren and adopted children and children to Avhom he [the deceased employee] stood in loco parentis, if members of decedent’s…