Greeby v. Phila. Asbestos Co. (Et Al.)

Opinion bx

Baldrige, J.,

This workmen’s compensation case was instituted more than four years ago. Numerous petitions and answers, hearings, and appeals followed. We will not review all, but it seems necessary to state some of the history of this long drawn-out case.

John S. Greeby, an employee of the defendant company, filed a claim petition with the Workmen’s Compensation Board on March 27, 1931, wherein he alleged that he slipped while working for the defendant on a ship under construction, striking the upper part of his left arm. /On September 14, 1931, before a hearing was had, he died.…