Fawson v. Sterrick Creek Coal Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

Stella Fawson, the appellant herein, fifty-eight years of age, is the widowed mother of Nicholas Fawson (unmarried and twenty-two years of age) whose death resulted from injuries accidentally suffered in the course of his employment at one of the breakers of the defendant coal company.

Claiming that she was “totally dependent upon the deceased employe at the time of the accident,” appellant filed her petition for compensation under Section 307 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, as finally amended April 26, 1929, P. L. 829, 77 PS § 561. As the…