Karpati v. Cambria Steel Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 65, April T., 1918, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Columbia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 470, dismissing appeal from judgment of Workmen’s Compensation Board in Case of Jolande Karpati v. Cambria Steel Co. Appeal from judgment of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The question turned on whether the claimant, the widow of Jacob Karpati was living with her husband at the time of his death, or whether she was actually dependent on him at that time.
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Appeal, No. 65, April T., 1918, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Columbia Co., Dec. T., 1916, No. 470, dismissing appeal from judgment of Workmen’s Compensation Board in Case of Jolande Karpati v. Cambria Steel Co. Appeal from judgment of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The question turned on whether the claimant, the widow of Jacob Karpati was living with her husband at the time of his death, or whether she was actually dependent on him at that time. The evidence is summarized in the opinion of the Superior Court. • Error assigned was order dismissing claimant’s appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Henderson, J.,
Section 409 of the Employer’s Liability Act of 1915, provides that the board’s findings of fact shall in all cases be final but on a question of law an appeal may be taken to the courts as in the act provided. No provision is made for bringing up the testimony by a bill sealed, a certified record or otherwise. The appeal to the Court of Common Pleas is, therefore, in the nature of a certiorari, all questions of fact being left to the final determination of the compensation board. While the review by an appellate court on a writ of certiorari ordinarily only extends to…
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