MORRIS v. HERMANN FORWARDING CO.


18 N.J. 195 (1955)

113 A.2d 513

MARGARET H. MORRIS, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. HERMANN FORWARDING CO., RESPONDENT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alvin B. Lebar argued the cause for the appellant.

Mr. John E. Hughes argued the cause for the respondent (Mr. William T. McElroy, of counsel; Messrs. Shaw, Hughes & Pindar, attorneys).


The opinion of the court was delivered by BURLING, J.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The plaintiff's deceased husband, Thomas J. Morris, although designated by the employer as a "Transportation Engineer," was within the category of a traveling salesman. The basis of appeal is a very narrow question, whether the decedent sustained an injury by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment.

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