McIntyre v. E. J. Lavino & Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

These appeals require a construction of the Occupational Disease Compensation Act of July 2, 1937, P. L. 2714.

David McIntyre entered the employ of defendant, E. J. Lavino & Co. in December, 1933. From 1935 on his duties consisted of operating a mill for drying manganese ore, an occupation which involved exposure to manganese dust, but in September, 1937, he was transferred to defendant’s chrome department and thereafter had no contact with .manganese. He was discharged on the fourth of February, 1938. On the twelfth of that month he began to complain of pains in…