Erie Railroad Company v. Winfield

This was a proceeding under a New Jersey statute, c. 95, Laws 1911, against a commori carrier by railroad, engaged in both interstate and intrastate commerce, to obtain compensation for the death of one of its employees. The employee was in charge of a switch engine in the carrier’s extensive yard at Croxton, New Jersey, and, was switching freight cars about in the yard, especially to and from a transfer station. The cars usually contained package freight and many were moved in the course of a day’s work. In some the freight was interstate, .in others intrastate and in still others it was of…