Mulligan v. E. Keeler Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

After a hearing upon the claim petition in this workmen’s compensation case, the referee awarded compensation for the disability which resulted from an injury suffered by the claimant about 3:45 on thel afternoon of April 8, 1932, during the course of his employment. The injury upon which the claim petition was based was an indirect inguinal hernia of effort and in addition thereto an injury to the scrotal muscle. The employer and his insurance carrier defended on two grounds: (a) That claimant had not overcome the statutory presumption created by the further…