Scanlon v. Payne

Citations

• 271 Pa. 391
• 114 A. 493
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 514

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s compensation — Railroads — Master and servant — ■ Death — Interstate commerce — Presumption — Burden of proof — < Evidence.</p> <p>Where a train inspector, while returning from work after inspecting four trains, three of which were interstate, was killed before he reached his home, the burden is upon the person who claims compensation for his death, under the Pennsylvania Workmen’s Compensation Act, to prove that the last train which deceased inspected was an intrastate train.</p>