Tarr v. Hecla Coal & Coke Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1919, by Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., from order of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 457, dismissing appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Mary E. Tarr v. Hecla Coal & Coke Company, defendant, and the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., intervening defendant. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board affirming award of referee. The court dismissed the appeal.
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Appeal, No. 82, Oct. T., 1919, by Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., from order of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 457, dismissing appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Mary E. Tarr v. Hecla Coal & Coke Company, defendant, and the Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., intervening defendant. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board affirming award of referee. The court dismissed the appeal. The Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, Ltd., intervening defendant, appealed. Error assigned was order dismissing the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Walling,
This is an appeal by an insurance carrier, as intervening defendant, from judgment affirming an award for *521claimant in a workmen’s compensation case. The Hecla Coal & Coke company, defendant, was operating a coal mine in Westmoreland County, which had been closed some weeks because of a fire therein. On June 14,1918, the company desiring to* renew operations sent to the mine of the H. C. Frick Coke Company, near by, for men and helmets to assist in putting out the fire. James Tarr, plaintiff’s husband, a regular employee of the Frick Co., being skilled in that…
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