Mooney v. Lehigh Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 63, Jan. T., 1918, by claimant, upon judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1917, No. 1996, quashing appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Elizabeth Mooney v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. Appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Audenried, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The lower court quashed the appeal from the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 63, Jan. T., 1918, by claimant, upon judgment of C. P. No. 4, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1917, No. 1996, quashing appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Elizabeth Mooney v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. Appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Audenried, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the case. The lower court quashed the appeal from the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Claimant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was in quashing the appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Plaintiff claimed compensation for the death of her husband, who was accidentally killed in the course of his employment with defendant; the referee made a compensation order; thereupon,,an appeal was taken to the board, on the ground “decedent was engaged in an act connected with interstate commerce at the time the accident occurred, and the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915 (P. L. 738), is not applicable to the case.”
The board found the adjudication of the referee “clearly indicates, there was no evidence before him that substantiated the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McCauley v. Imperial Woolen Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
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