Swalm v. J. H. Brokhoff, Inc.

Cunningham, J.,

Opinion by

The appeal in this workmen’s compensation case is by Anna Swalm, widow of Norman E. Swalm, from the judgment of the court below in favor of her deceased husband’s employer. Her claim, in her own behalf and for the benefit of a dependent son, was disallowed by the referee; the board reversed the referee and awarded compensation; the common pleas sustained the exceptions of the employer and set aside the award.

On July 16, 1937, while delivering milk for the defendant-employer, the decedent, twenty-nine years of age, suffered an accident and resulting injury thus…