Strohl v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 194, Jan. T., 1921, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Carbon Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 38, sustaining decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board, confirming award of referee, in case of Francis Strohl v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Co. and the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. Appeal from decision of Workmens Compensation Board confirming award of referee. Before Barber, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts.
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Appeal, No. 194, Jan. T., 1921, by defendants, from judgment of O. P. Carbon Co., Oct. T., 1919, No. 38, sustaining decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board, confirming award of referee, in case of Francis Strohl v. Eastern Pennsylvania Railways Co. and the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. Appeal from decision of Workmens Compensation Board confirming award of referee. Before Barber, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court affirmed the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Defendants appealed. Error assigned, among others, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Simpson,
The appeal from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in this case having been taken after the passage of the Act of June 26,1919, P. L. 642, we are required to consider whether there is evidence to support the findings of the' board and the court below; and, if there is, whether the law has been properly applied thereto: Kuca v. Lehigh Val. Coal Co., 268 Pa. 163. The question to be decided is, was plaintiff’s relation to defendant, at the time of the accident, that of an employee or passenger? The basic facts, which are undisputed, are as follows:
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