Smith v. A. De O. Rossiter & Sons Co.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,

Claimant presented a petition for compensation as the widow of a deceased employee of defendant. The referee awarded compensation, having concluded that deceased sustained an accident in the course of his employment, as the result of which he died. The TVork-men’s Compensation Board, on appeal by defendant and its insurance carrier, reversed the referee and dismissed the claim petition. In doing so the board vacated the 6th and 11th findings of fact and the second conclusion of law of the referee, 1 and substituted therefore the following:

“Sixth: That nothing of an…