270 Pa. 141 | Pa. | 1921
Opinion by
Defendant resides and carries on the retail coal business in the borough of Northampton, Pennsylvania, and also leases a small farm therein on which he raises hay and grain for consumption by the horses used by him in the coal business. Plaintiff’s husband was employed by defendant as a laborer in the coal yard, but, at times, when business was dull, he was temporarily sent to the farm to assist those working there. Under these circumstances he was at the farm pitching oats from a Avagon, when he had a sunstroke which caused his death the same night.
Plaintiff, as his widow, presented a claim petition to the Workmen’s Compensation Board, which, after a hearing, made an award in her favor; this was affirmed
The judgment of the court below is affirmed.