Illinois Central Railroad v. Peery

This is an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act to recover for personal injuries caused by a rear end collision in Kentucky. The Railroad Company denied that the case was governed by the federal act, contending that the train upon which the plaintiff was moving was engaged in local business only, between two points within the State. The issue was important as affecting the rules of law to be applied. At a second trial the judge intending to follow the previous decision of the Supreme. Court of the State, 123 Minnesota, 264, ruled that the accident happened in interstate…