Bartlinski v. Northumberland Mining Co.

Opinion by

James, J.,

Claimant’s petition for compensation for the death of her husband was disallowed by the referee but on appeal the compensation board substituted its own findings of fact and awarded compensation which later was affirmed by the court of common pleas.

Decedent at the time of his death, on January 11, 1933, was twenty-eight years of age. On August 20, 1932, in apparent good health, he went to his work as a miner. During the day, a loaded car jumped the ¡track and decedent in company with two other men placed the car back on the tracks. In doing so, it was necessary to use a…