Messer v. Manufacturers Light & Heat Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 167, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Washington Co., May T., 1917, No. 415, sustaining exceptions to decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board thus disallowing claim in case of Frances Messer v. Manufacturers Light & Heat Company and Hartford Accident & Indemnity-Company, Insurance Carrier. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Irwin, J. Errors assigned were in sustaining the exceptions and dismissing the appeal.
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Appeal, No. 167, Oct. T., 1917, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Washington Co., May T., 1917, No. 415, sustaining exceptions to decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board thus disallowing claim in case of Frances Messer v. Manufacturers Light & Heat Company and Hartford Accident & Indemnity-Company, Insurance Carrier. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Irwin, J. Errors assigned were in sustaining the exceptions and dismissing the appeal. If an employee during the work period is injured while on an errand, or while performing his regular duties, he is entitled to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fox,
Hiram Messer, the husband of Frances Messer, the appellant, was an engineer in the employ of the Manufacturers Light & Heat Company at the pumping station at Waynesburg. He had been so employed for about three years prior to his death. On the 11th day of July he began his regular vacation of ten days during which time he was subject to be called for service if needed and was paid his usual salary. On the 12th of July William Nester, the superintendent of the company, called him by telephone and requested him to go to the Brave Pump Station, a place about eighteen…
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