Conley v. Pittsburgh Coal Co.

Opinion by

Ross, J.,

This is an appeal from an order of the County Court of Allegheny County which sustained an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Board reversing an award by the referee in favor of the claimant, Merle Conley, on the ground that the claimant was not actually engaged in the furtherance of the business or affairs of his employer as defined in Section 301, Article 3 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2,1915, P. L. 736, 77 PS, paragraph 411.

The sole question in the case is whether the claimant was in the course of his employment when injured; and that is a question of law…