Jack v. Belin's Estate

Opinion by

Hirt, J.,

On August 15, 1939, claimant was injured when he fell from a ladder while removing whitewash from the roof of a green house where he was employed.' He was. permanently disabled by the injury. Both the referee and the board disallowed compensation on the ground that claimant was a domestic servant and as such was not entitled to compensation because of the Act of June 21, 1939, P. L. 565, 77 PS §la, which provides that the Compensation Act shall not ‘apply to Or in any way affect any person who at the time of injury is engaged in domestic service or agriculture.’ The lower…