Morgan v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 279, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1921, No. 444, sustaining order of Workmen’s Compensation Board which affirmed award of referee in favor of claimant in case of Hannah M. Morgan v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. Appeal from order of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The order was sustained in an opinion by Bechtel, P. J., Koch, J., filing a dissenting opinion. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 279, Jan. T., 1922, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., Sept. T., 1921, No. 444, sustaining order of Workmen’s Compensation Board which affirmed award of referee in favor of claimant in case of Hannah M. Morgan v. Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. Appeal from order of Workmen’s Compensation Board. The order was sustained in an opinion by Bechtel, P. J., Koch, J., filing a dissenting opinion. Defendant appealed. Error assigned, among others, was decree, quoting it.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Schaffer,
On October 1,1920, the husband of plaintiff, for whose death she claims compensation, sustained some slight injuries, consisting of bruises to his chest, when the team he was driving fell over the edge of a bridge precipitating him into the water and wetting him. He worked the remainder of the day and until about ten o’clock at night. The following day he remained at home and called in a doctor who treated him for a cold. On October 6th, acting on his own judgment and the physician’s advice, he resumed work; the testimony of the physician was that he had…
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