Cole v. I. Lewis Cigar Mfg. Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vanderbilt, C. J.

The first question that demands our attention in this case is whether or not the appellant has a right to appeal to this court.

Thomas Gr. Cole, the petitioner’s husband, was employed as a watchman in the appellant’s factory in Newark on a 3 p. m. to 11 P. at. shift. On February 6, 1947, while making his last tour of inspection in the basement before being relieved, he was struck on the head with a pinch bar or similar instrument by an unknown colored man or men, the pay that he had received earlier in the day was stolen, and he was…