Lehigh Navigation Coal Co. v. McGonnell

The writ of certiorari in this case brings up a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas affirming an award of compensation in the Workmen’s Compensation Bureau. Most of the facts were stipulated. John J. McGonnell, petitioner’s deceased husband, was a coal inspector in the employ of the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company. He commuted from his home in E'lizabethport to his place of work in Jersey City, and Ms employer reimbursed him for the cost of the commutation tickets purchased. This had been the practice for sometime.

The manager of the prosecutor’s New York office testified that when the…