MacKanitz v. Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Co.

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

In this workmen’s compensation case appellant, the widow of a deceased employe of defendant, filed a claim petition for compensation for the death of her husband, alleged to have been the result of an accident sustained by him in the course of his employment as a freight-car repairman. Defendant, in its answer, averred that there was no causal connection between the accidental injury and the subsequent death, and raised the defense that the claim had been presented too. late,, denying the allegations of the petition that the delay had been occasioned by representations of…