Lincoln v. National Tube Co.

Citations

• 268 Pa. 504
• 112 A. 73
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 727

Syllabus

<p>WorJcmeris compensation — Minor—Trespass—Moisting machine —Acts of May 15,1915, P. L. 286, and June 2, 1915, P. L. 786.</p> <p>1. The workmen’s compensation law does not apply to a minor who is incapable of entering into a contract and has been employed in violation of an act of assembly.</p> <p>2. A minor so employed can, therefore, maintain an action of trespass for personal injuries received during the course of his employment.</p> <p>3. A crane used in hoisting heavy materials and then moving them from place to place, is a hoisting machine within the meaning of section 5 of the Act of May 13, 1915, P. L. 286.</p> <p>Statutes — Construction—Acts passed at same session.</p> <p>4. Where two statutes are passed at the same session of the legislature, each must, if possible, be given full effect without ¡one infringing upon the domain of the other.</p>