Mabel M. Newell v. Arthur E. Moreau

Petition for Workmens Compensation under R. L., c. 216. The decedent Newell was employed by the defendant as a boss shipper and it was his duty to supervise truck drivers, one of whom was Oscar Palmer, who had been at odds with his superior over the dilatory manner in which the latter claimed Palmer did his work. "About two weeks before the trouble which resulted in Newells death, an altercation between the two took place in which Palmer backed Newell up against a pile of lumber and threatened to "knock his -- -- block off."