Elva Mills v. Susquehanna Colllieries Co.

Opinion by

Trexler., P. J.,

William Mills was an employee of the Susquehanna Collieries Company. On May 28, 1930 while waiting with a number of other employees to be taken up on the elevator, he felt a draft and'“took a chill.” He went home, a doctor was called, and on May 30, 1930 he died; the cause of his death being double lobar pneumonia. His widow claimed compensation. The referee allowed it. The board sustained the referee and the court of common pleas entered judgment for the plaintiff. The company appealed. There is no difficulty in deciding that an exposure to the draft prevailing at…