Porto v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

One of the technical phases of this workmen’s compensation case was before this court in 1936 upon the appeal of the defendant company and was decided against it in an opinion filed December 21, 1936, by Rhodes, J., reported in 124 Pa. Superior Ct. 431, 188 A. 599. The rather involved history of the case is stated in detail in that opinion and, for present purposes, may be thus summarized:

John Porto, appellee in the former appeal but appellant herein, suffered an accidental injury to Ms left foot, during the course of his employment with the defendant, on March 23,…