Velia v. Reading Company

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The sole question involved in this workmen’s compensation case is whether claimant’s decedent was engaged in interstate transportation at the time he was killed. The referee found that he was not and awarded the widow compensation. The board affirmed the referee, but, on appeal to the court of common pleas, judgment was entered for the defendant. We are all of the opinion that the court below correctly held that the deceased' was at the time engaged in interstate transportation.

Both referee and board found as facts that Angelo Velia was employed on March 1,1935 and for…