Giovannetti v. Conte Equipment Co.

Hester, J.,

This is an appeal by the widow of Fausto Giovannetti, from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board reversing the award of the referee granting her compensation although she is an Italian citizen now living in Italy.

The facts in the case were agreed upon by stipulation. No testimony was taken. Decedent, Fausto Giovannetti, was an employe of defendant, the Conte Equipment Company, and was killed in the course of his employment on March 5, 1956. At the time of his death, his widow, Mercedes Giovannetti, was a citizen of Italy but resided in the United States with her husband.…