Cooke v. Cooke & Cole Silk Co.

The following in substance are the undisputed facts developed by the evidence: On April 15th, 1939, and for nineteen years prior thereto, James Cooke, the petitioner herein, was regularly employed by the respondent at its plant in Paterson, Flew Jersey, as a silk twister, receiving for his said services wages at the rate of forty dollars ($40) per week. In addition thereto he served as one of the officers of the respondent-corporation in the capacity of president, performing merely perfunctory and nominal services for which he received no remuneration. While his duties as a silk twister…