Pastva v. Forge Coal Min. Co., Ap.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The appeal in this workmen’s compensation case is by the employer and its insurance carrier from a judgment entered by the court below, in the amount of $9,405, upon an award of compensation by a referee, affirmed by the board, to the widow of Steve Pastva on behalf of herself and ten minor children.

The death of claimant’s husband occurred in a hos pital on November 14,1931, and shortly after an operation necessitated by a strangulated inter-abdominal hernia; the basis of the award was the conclusion of the compensation authorities that his death was attributable to…