Legal Opinion
DeLong v. Maine Central Railroad
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided May 24, 1939PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudson, J.
The plaintiff excepts to the direction of a non-suit. A decisive question is the applicability of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, U. S. C. A., Title 45, Sec. 51. If applicable, the action is not sustainable because not seasonably commenced. Idem, Sec. 56.
The facts material to the issue seem to be undisputed and consequently, “whether the injured servant was in interstate commerce is for the court.” Hatch v. Terminal Company, 125 Me., 96, 102, 131 A., 5, 8.
The plaintiff, employed by the defendant as clerk, janitor, and telegrapher at its station in South Gardiner, fell from a stepladder…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Erie Railroad v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Industrial Accident Comm'n of Cal. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. v. Di DonatoSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Railroad v. ReeleyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940