Splesniasz v. Whitehall Cement Manufacturing Co.

Opinion by

Woodside, J.,

The only question involved in this case is the effective date of the Act of August 24, 1953, P. L. 1382. If this act, which was an amendment to The Workmen’s Compensation Act, were effective on August 28, 1953, when Joseph J. Splesniasz was killed, his dependents, the plaintiffs, are entitled to a higher rate of workmen’s compensation than they would be if it were not effective on that date.

Judge Henninger, in an opinion for the court below, held the act became effective September 1, 1953. We agree.

The first two paragraphs of section 4, as amended, of the Statutory…