Scanlon v. Payne
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 5, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1921, No. 163, from decision de novo of Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding compensation, in case of Caroline Scanlon v. John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, operating the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the appeal. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 5, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1921, No. 163, from decision de novo of Workmen’s Compensation Board awarding compensation, in case of Caroline Scanlon v. John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, operating the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Appeal from decision of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court dismissed the appeal. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was order, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Frazer,
Defendant appeals from a decree sustaining an award of the Workmen’s Compensation Board in favor of plaintiff for the death of her husband, due to injuries received by him in the course of his employment by defendant as an inspector of air appliances on cars in the freight yard of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company.
Scanlon’s employment was from four p. m. to midnight. He lived at Moscow, fifteen miles from the City of Scranton, and the railroad company furnished him with transportation to and from work. His pass was for passenger trains only; it…
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