Flaharty v. Trout

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

On April 29, 1925, Chester Flaharty was accidentally killed while working in the defendant’s mill yard and, because thereof, this action was brought by his widow under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. The referee’s award of compensation was affirmed by the workmen’s compensation board and later by the court of common pleas; from which the defendant’s insurance carrier brought this appeal. The only question involved is whether there was any evidence in support of the referee’s finding that the relation of employer and employee (equivalent under the statute to that…