Neary v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 111, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 191, dismissing an appeal from the Workmen’s Compensation Act in case of Anthony P. Neary v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. Appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board. Johnson, P. J., specially presiding, filed the following opinion: This is an appeal by the defendant from an award of damages made to the plaintiff by the Workmen’s Compensation Board.
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Appeal, No. 111, Oct. T., 1917, by defendant, from order of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1916, No. 191, dismissing an appeal from the Workmen’s Compensation Act in case of Anthony P. Neary v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company. Appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board. Johnson, P. J., specially presiding, filed the following opinion: This is an appeal by the defendant from an award of damages made to the plaintiff by the Workmen’s Compensation Board. The facts of the case, as stated in the opinion of Mr. Mackey, chairman, are as follows: “The claimant, while discharging his duties…
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Opinion by
Head, J.,
The single question involved in this appeal is clearly stated in the opinion filed by the learned court below. Its answer depends on a proper interpretation of Paragraph E, Section 306, of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. We are convinced the learned court below reached the correct conclusion and the opinion filed by him furnishes reasons satisfactory to us in support of that conclusion. We therefore overrule the assignments of error and dismiss the appeal at the costs of the appellant.
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