Legal Opinion

Hecker v. Shannopin Coal Co.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 12, 1939No. Appeal, 56PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

In its main features, this workmen’s compensation case so closely resembles that of Harring v. Glen Alden Coal Co., 332 Pa. 410, 3 A. 2d 381, reversing the judgment of this court as reported in 130 Pa. Superior Ct. 552, 198 A. 508, that we are unable to distinguish it upon any substantial ground. If there is a distinction, our error can be corrected through the allowance of an allocatur. By the substitution of one word and one phrase the issue now bef ore us may be thus stated in the language of Mr. Justice Schaffer in the Harring case:

“This case is poised upon a very…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Adamchick v. Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Harring v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Burrell v. State Workmen's Insurance FundSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  4. Adamchick v. Wyoming Valley Collieries Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  5. Harring v. Glen Alden Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dennis v. Jarka Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
  2. Docktor v. Krakovitz & SonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962

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