Wehr v. Philadelphia Derrick & Salvage Corp.

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case. We are concerned with an appeal by the widow-claimant from an order of Court of Common Pleas No. 1 of Philadelphia County affirming a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board which had dismissed the claim petition.

Appellant’s theory is that her husband, George G. Wehr, was an employe of the Philadelphia Derrick & Salvage Corporation, and that he met his death in an automobile accident on June 8, 1955, while in the course of his employment. The claim petition, filed December 5, 1955, alleges that the decedent had made a trip to…