Clark v. Lehigh Valley Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 296, Jan. T., 1919, bv plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Luzerne Co., May T., 1917, No. 811, dismissing appeal from Workmen’s Com pensation Board reversing an award of a referee in favor of a claimant in case of Bridget Clark v. Lehigh Valley Coal Company. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The court dismissed the appeal. Claimant appealed. Error assigned was the judgment dismissing the ap peal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
Bridget Clark, widow of Patrick Clark, sought compensation for the death of her husband; the referee found in her favor, but the Workmen’s Compensation Board reversed; the Common Pleas of Luzerne County affirmed the board, and claimant has appealed to this court.
The referee reported, inter alia, as follows: “The testimony in this case shows that Patrick Clark, the claimant’s husband, was employed by defendant company in looking after a line of pipe used for the purpose of conveying silt from the surface into its mine; his duties were to keep that line in…
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