Newcomb v. Albertson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari to Essex Pleas. Petition under the Workmen’s Compensation act. The facts were thus found by the trial judge: “William E. Albertson was employed by Leverett Yewcomb as a chauffeur on or about the 2d day of September, a. d. 1912, at a weekly wage claimed by the petitioner as $12 per week, and by the. respondent as $10 per week, besides expenses incurred in the course of the employment during out of town services.
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On certiorari to Essex Pleas. Petition under the Workmen’s Compensation act. The facts were thus found by the trial judge: “William E. Albertson was employed by Leverett Yewcomb as a chauffeur on or about the 2d day of September, a. d. 1912, at a weekly wage claimed by the petitioner as $12 per week, and by the. respondent as $10 per week, besides expenses incurred in the course of the employment during out of town services. On the morning of the 7th day of September, the sixth day following his employment, the petitioner was injured by the crank of the automobile, “back-firing” when he was…
1Opinion of the Court
*437The opinion of the court was delivered by
Swayze, J.
Section 2 of the Workmen’s Compensation act provides for compensation for personal injuries to an employe by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment. The defendant expressly confines his argument to the award of compensation for the injury to the thumb and two fingers. The only question for ns is whether those injuries were clue to the accident. The question is not, strictly speaking, whether the accident was the proximate cause of flic ankylosis of the thumb or whether the infection was the natural result of the accident.…
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