Granville v. Scranton Coal Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, March T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna County, Jan. T., 1920, No. 790, sustaining exceptions to award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Elizabeth Granville v. Scranton Coal Company. Appeal from order of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Newcomb, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior ' Court. The court reversed the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding compensation. Plaintiff appealed.
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Appeal, No. 5, March T., 1921, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna County, Jan. T., 1920, No. 790, sustaining exceptions to award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in the case of Elizabeth Granville v. Scranton Coal Company. Appeal from order of Workmen’s Compensation Board. Before Newcomb, J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior ' Court. The court reversed the order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding compensation. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned, was the order of the court. cited: Stahl v. Watson Coal Co., 7 Dept. Reps. 195; Kuca v. Lehigh .Valley…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, J.,
The plaintiff’s son, Walter Granville, was employed by the defendant in its Pine Brook coal breaker. His *337regular duties were to take care of a spiral picker located on a platform above the second floor of the breaker and watcb a cbute used in connection with, cleaning the coal. Occasionally he did other work as directed by the foreman, such as acting as breaker boss, oiling the emery pickers, etc. ,The breaker stops operations at twelve o’clock for the lunch period of half an hour; the machinery starts again at 12:25, and the men go to work at 12:30.
On April 4,1919,…
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