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Claim of Skyner v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

240 A.D. 926 Court N.Y. App. Div. English

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In the Matter of the Claim of Margaret S. Skyner, Respondent, against Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Appellant. State Industrial Board, Respondent.

Award for death benefits reversed and claim dismissed, with costs against the State Industrial Board, on the ground that there is no corroboration of the hearsay declarations of the deceased. Hill, P. J., Rhodes, McNamee and Bliss, JJ., concur; Heffernan, J., dissents and votes to affirm the award on the ground that the declarations of the deceased are sufficiently corroborated.