Gallagher v. Walton Mfg. Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 224, Jan. T., 1919, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1918, No. 2870, dismissing an appeal from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Anna Gallagher v. P. M. Walton Manufacturing Company and Manufacturers’ Casualty Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier for Defendant. Appeal from an award of Workmen’s Compensation Board.
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Appeal, No. 224, Jan. T., 1919, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Philadelphia Co., June T., 1918, No. 2870, dismissing an appeal from an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Anna Gallagher v. P. M. Walton Manufacturing Company and Manufacturers’ Casualty Insurance Company, Insurance Carrier for Defendant. Appeal from an award of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The facts found by the referee were in part as follows: On June 23, 1917, and for some time previous thereto, Harry Gallagher was in the employ of the defendant, whose business was that of machine…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
The question whether the decedent was engaged in the course of his employment at the time of the accident which resulted in his death was one of fact. The finding of the referee, approved by the compensation board, was “at the time of the occurrence of the injury Gallagher was in the course of his employment with the defendant.” This is conclusive: Poluskiewicz v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, 257 Pa. 305; Messinger v. Lehigh Valley R. R. Company, 261 Pa. 336.
Appeal dismissed and award affirmed.
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Poluskiewicz v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
- Messinger v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
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