Kransky v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

In tills workmen’s compensation case the referee awarded compensation to Joan Edith Coates, minor granddaughter of Edith Coates (Mrs. John Kransky), for the death of John Kransky, who was killed in the course of his employment with the Glen Alden Coal-Company on August 6, 1941. The board affirmed the referee, the court below sustained the board, and this appeal followed.

For some years previous to the time of his déath, John Kransky and the minor claimant’s grandmother, Edith Coates, lived continuously together in a meretricious relationship. It was found by the compensation…