Conners v. Public Service Electric Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Parker, J.

This is a workmen’s compensation case. The suit is brought for the benefit of the father, mother and sister of the deceased, all of whom claim to he dependents.

The first point made is that the court had no evidence before it to justify a finding that the wages of the deceased were $11.94 a week. There was such evidence in the shape of a letter written by an authorized agent of the defendant company stating that fact. In addition to this, it appeared that the deceased had been taken on in one department at $1.75 a day, and worked for six days…