Carson v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

In this case tbe compensation authorities set aside an award to an employee of tbe defendant company, for the loss of tbe use of bis right leg, upon tbe ground it bad been procured by fraud; tbe court below dismissed tbe claimant’s exceptions and entered judgment for tbe defendant; this appeal, which we permitted tbe claimant to present in forma pauperis, is from that judgment.

While in tbe course of bis employment on October 31, 1930, appellant suffered an accidental injury to bis knee. On November 8, an open agreement was executed by tbe parties and later approved by…