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CAIRGLE v. AMERICAN R. AND S.S. CORP.

366 Pa. 249 (1951)

Cairgle, Appellant, v. American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 2, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Prior, with him John J. McGrath, and McGrath, McGrath, & McGrath, for appellant.

Sidney J. Watts, with him Baker, Watts & Woods, for American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corp., appellee.

Charles J. Margiotti, Attorney General, Ralph H. Behney and M. Leon Tolochko, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STEARNE, BELL, LADNER and CHIDSEY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE BELL, January 2, 1951:

James Cairgle died from silicosis on April 30, 1948, leaving a widow, Elizabeth Cairgle, claimant, from whom he had been separated since 1932, and a mistress who had lived in his home since 1942. Elizabeth Cairgle filed her claim to compensation with the Workmen's Compensation Board on the ground that she was a dependent widow. At the end of the first hearing before the referee...

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