Morris v. Glen Alden Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The facts in this workmen’s compensation case have been agreed upon by the parties and the question involved upon this appeal is purely one of law — the proper construction of the provisions of Section 307 of our Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as further amended by the Act of April 26, 1929, P. L. 829, 77 PS §§ 561-562, relating to awards to children of deceased employees.

On January 15, 1936, Stanley Sokulski, while in the course of his employment as a miner in one of appellant’s collieries, was accidentally and fatally injured by a fall of…