Wydra v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This is a workman’s compensation case. The appeal involves the validity of the claimant’s marriage to the deceased employee, Edward Joseph Wydra, also known us Adam Wydra.

It is undisputed that the relation between them was meretricious at its inception; for he had a legal wife (Stella Wydra) living at the time they had sexual intercourse, resulting in the birth of a son, Edward Joseph Wydra, on March 22, 1938. About two weeks thereafter they began housekeeping on 'Chestnut Street, Kulpmont, where they lived together, with their child, ostensibly as husband and wife.…