Collins v. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Baldrige, J.,

Opinion by

The question that presents itself in this workmen’s compensation case is whether the claimant successfully carried the burden of showing by legally competent evidence that her husband met his death as a result of an accident, while in the course of his employment, within section 301, Article III, of the Workmen’s Compensation Act, approved June 2, 1915, P. L. 736, 77 PS §411.

An award granted by the referee and board was upheld by the court below. The judgment entered thereon must be reversed.

The essential facts, which are not in dispute, may be stated as follows. Daniel…