Legal Opinion

Polasky v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 4, 1923No. Appeal, 6PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

For the death of Polasky, an award of compensation was made to his two children, under sixteen years of age:, living with their mother, who, it appears, had without cause abandoned her husband, their father, three years before his death, and had taken the children with her to Brooklyn, N. Y., where she alone supported them. She received no award because she was entitled to none: sec. 307 of the amendment of June 26, 1919, P. L. 642, 647. The evidence shows she earned $11.77 a week, with which she supported herself and the two children, who attended school.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Logan v. Pot Ridge Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1922

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Cairgle v. AMERICAN R. AND SS CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Cairgle v. American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  3. Morris v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  4. Holland Construction Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1952
  5. Nordmark v. Indian Queen Hotel Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1931

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