Chernetsky v. William Penn Stripping Co.

Opinion by

Wright, J.,

This is a workmen’s compensation case. We are here concerned with an appeal by claimant from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County, affirming a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, wherein the claim petition was dismissed.

The record discloses that Edward Chernetsky was employed from 1914 to 1957 as a coal miner by various coal companies in the anthracite area. His last employment was with the William Penn Stripping Company, for which employer he had worked from October 28, 1949 to June 4, 1957, when the stripping operation ceased. On June 20,…