Mason v. Reading Company

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

The prime question involved in this workmen’s compensation case is whether the claimant’s decedent at the time of his death was engaged in interstate transportation or in matters so closely related thereto as to be considered a part thereof. If he was, the rights of the claimant are governed by the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and not by the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act. The referee and board found for the claimant and on appeal a court of common pleas entered judgment for the defendant.

Emanuel Mason, an employee of the defendant, was killed while on its…