Raley v. City of Camden

Fishburne, Justice.

This is a Workmen’s Compensation case. James R. Raley, the respondent-appellant, who is the claimant, will herein be referred to as employee or claimant. The City of Camden, appellant-respondent, will generally be referred to as the employer. ■

The claimant, a man forty-seven years of age, had been an employee of the City of Camden for about nineteen years, —first as a police officer, then as tax collector, and finally as Commissioner of streets. For three or four years prior to December 28, 1948, while serving as Commissioner, he suffered from high blood pressure. Prior to…