Devlin v. Grabler Manufacturing Corp.

Opinion by

Rhodes, J.,,

The court of common pleas, having no jurisdiction in a workman’s compensation case in the absence of an appeal, held that jurisdiction was not conferred on stipulation by counsel for the parties that the case should be heard as though an appeal had been taken by claimant from the decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board dismissing his claim petition and disallowing compensation.

It appears that claimant filed a claim petition to which answer was made, and that a hearing was held before a referee on May 12, 1938. The referee made an award, and, on appeal by defendant,…