Mazzaccaro v. Jermyn-Green Coal Co.

Opinion by

Kenworthey, J.,

This appeal requires us to straighten out a procedural entanglement which resulted primarily from the failure of the Workmen’s Compensation Board to appreciate the separate and distinct functions performed by petitions filed under §§413, 423, 425 and 426 of the Workmen’s Compensation Law 1 and, secondarily, because it ignored or overlooked our frequent pronouncements to the effect that, in the spirit of liberality in the adminis tration of this branch of the law, the substance of a petition should prevail and the label given to it be disregarded. Gleyze v. Hale Coal…