Legal Opinion

McGurrin v. Hudson Coal Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 24, 1919No. Appeal, No. 41PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal, No. 41, Jan. T., 1919, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1917, No. 149, dismissing appeal from Workmen’s Compensation Board in case of Mary A. McGurrin v. Hudson Coal Company. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board which reversed an award of the referee in favor of the claimant. The court dismissed the appeal. Claimant appealed. Error .assigned was in dismissing the appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

The appellant claims compensation from the appellee on the ground that the death of her husband resulted from an accident which occurred while he was in its employ. The finding of the compensation board is that he died from natural causes, and that there was no evidence that there had been “any accident at all.” This was conclusive upon the court below, and it properly so *231held: Poluskiewicz v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company, 257 Pa. 305.

Appeal dismissed.

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Poluskiewicz v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1917

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Giordonne v. Alaimo Bros., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1929