McNutt v. Adams Express Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bergen, J.

The plaintiff seeks to recover damages arising from tlie death of his intestate resulting from an accident while in the employ of the defendant, and rests his right on section '1 of our Workmen’s Compensation act. He has a judgment entered on the verdict of the jury from which the defendant has appealed. The plaintiff in, his complaint avers that the deceased was in the employ of the defendant; that it was a part of the decedent’s duty as employe to assist in *488pulling a fire truck down an Incline, in the ferry-house at Camden, Slew Jersey, in…