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WIDDIS v. COLLINGDALE MILLWORK CO.

169 Pa.Super. 612 (1951)

Widdis, Appellant, v. Collingdale Millwork Company.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice S. Levy, for appellant.

Paul H. Ferguson, for appellees.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and ARNOLD, JJ. (GUNTHER, J., absent).

OPINION BY HIRT, J., November 15, 1951:

In this action claimant sought a compensation award for the death of her husband. Admittedly he committed suicide by shooting himself on November 9, 1947, and the defendant employer therefore was relieved of the burden (otherwise imposed by the Act of June 21, 1939, P.L. 520, 77 PS § 431, amending the Workmen's Compensation Act) of showing that his death was intentionally...

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