Morris v. Yough Coal & Supply Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 22, Oct. T., 1918, by Globe Indemnity Co., from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., July T., 1917, No. 435, affirming award of Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Elizabeth Morris v. Yough Coal & Supply Company. Appeal from award of Workmen’s Compensation Act. Before Haymaker, J. The court entered judgment sustaining the award. The Globe Indemnity Co. appealed. Error assigned was the judgment sustaining the award.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Kephart,
The proceedings under the Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, are purely statutory, differing from *219the common law, and the appeal to the common pleas is in the nature of a certiorari. For the purpose of review, this court will examine the findings and reasons stated in the adjudication of the referee and the board, as also those on which the opinion of the common pleas is based: McCauley v. Imperial Woolen Company et al., 261 Pa. 312, 322. In this appeal, we have, as a part of the record, not only the findings of the referee, but an analysis of the…
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- McCauley v. Imperial Woolen Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
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