Hill v. Thomas S. Gassner Co.

Opinion by

Baldrige, J.,

This appeal is from an award granted to a widow in a workmen’s compensation case.

The deceased, a regular employee of the defendant company, was, on October 23, 1930, engaged in erecting fire doors in the Art Museum located on the' Parkway in Philadelphia. At about 11:15 a. m., being unable to find some required bolts on the premises, he left, in an automobile which he owned and maintained, to get them from either the hardware store or his employer’s shop. Officer Boeger testified that he saw' the deceased about 11:30 "struggling—he had trouble with a car at 25th &…