Nolker v. Ford Collieries Co.

Cunningham, J.,

Opinion by

The claimant in this workmen’s compensation case has appealed from the action of the court below in sustaining the exceptions of the employer to an award of compensation to her for the death of her husband, setting aside the award, and, in effect, entering judgment in favor of the defendant coal company.

The decedent, Charles Nolker, fifty-nine years of age, and his son were employed as miners by the appellee company. In the course of their employment on June 15,1937, they loaded six cars during the forenoon; after eating their lunch they went along the entry for a…