Union Trust Co. v. Union Collieries Co.

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case in which the referee made an award in favor of the claimant. The award was affirmed by the board and on appeal to the court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, judgment was entered thereon. This appeal followed.

George Kirkpatrick, who was employed by the Union Collieries Company as a coal miner, met with an accident on March 5, 1936, which caused his death the same day. His wife died three months later on June 21,1936.

The original claim petition in this case was filed by the deceased’s widow, Esther Kirkpatrick, and by the Union…