MATTER OF NICHOLS v. COLONIAL BEACON OIL CO.


284 A.D. 581 (1954)

In the Matter of the Claim of Jesse M. Nichols, Deceased, et al., Respondents, v. Colonial Beacon Oil Company et al., Appellants. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

July 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Fogarty for appellants.

Paul F. Eaton for claimants-respondents.

John M. Cullen for Special Funds Conservation Committee.

Nathaniel L. Goldstein, Attorney-General (Harry Pastor and Roy Wiedersum of counsel), for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

FOSTER, P. J., BERGAN, COON and HALPERN, JJ., concur.


IMRIE, J.

Decedent, Jesse M. Nichols, was employed by Colonial Beacon Oil Company from May 1, 1938, until his death on April 5, 1946, as a truck driver distributing petroleum products. His work included loading and unloading trucks and tank trucks and lifting cans containing bulk products weighing from sixty-five to seventy-five pounds. He had worked in a similar capacity for one Kellam, of Hancock, New York,...

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