State ex rel. Amerland v. Hagan
North Dakota Supreme Court
Original application to enjoin and prohibit the workmen’s compensation bureau from, in any manner, enforcing the Workmen’s Compensation Act as against the relator, upon grounds of its unconstitutionally- Unless based upon the police power, such legislation would not have, and could not, have been sustained. Orient Ins. Co. v. Dages, 172 U. S. 557, 43 L. ed. ,552, 19 Sup. Ot. Bep. 281; Magoun v. Illinois T. & S. Bank, 170 U. S. 283, 42 L. ed. 1037, 18 Sup. Ct.
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Original application to enjoin and prohibit the workmen’s compensation bureau from, in any manner, enforcing the Workmen’s Compensation Act as against the relator, upon grounds of its unconstitutionally- Unless based upon the police power, such legislation would not have, and could not, have been sustained. Orient Ins. Co. v. Dages, 172 U. S. 557, 43 L. ed. ,552, 19 Sup. Ot. Bep. 281; Magoun v. Illinois T. & S. Bank, 170 U. S. 283, 42 L. ed. 1037, 18 Sup. Ct. Bep. 594; Cunningham v. Northwestern Improv. Co. (Mont.) 119 Pac. 562. The right to exercise police authority as such over the operator…
1Opinion of the CourtBronson, J.
This is an original application to this court to restrain and prohibit the workmen’s compensation bureau from applying, or in any manner enforcing, the Workmen’s Compensation Act in this state.
The relator is a private citizen, alleging himself to be a citizen and taxpayer of Cass county, North Dakota. He is engaged in the real estate and loan business at Fargo, and employs two clerks, whose sole work, as he alleges, consists in keeping books, making records, writing letters and similar work, without any danger from any hazardous or dangerous work of any kind or nature whatsoever. He invokes…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Central Railroad Company v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. WellmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Mountain Timber Company v. State of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Borgnis v. Falk Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Ives v. South Buffalo Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
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- Johnson v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. MeredithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Gotchy v. North Dakota Workmen's Compensation BureauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1923
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