Matter of Post v. . Burger Gohlke
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 4, 1915, affirming an award of the state workmen’s compensation commission. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the. opinion. The rules of statutory construction of this state forbid giving to the operation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act any extraterritorial effect.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered May 4, 1915, affirming an award of the state workmen’s compensation commission. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the. opinion. The rules of statutory construction of this state forbid giving to the operation of the Workmen’s Compensation Act any extraterritorial effect. (Goodwin v. Young, 34 Hun, 252; American Radiator Co. v. Rogge, 92 Atl. Rep. 85; Davidheiser v. Hay F. & I. W. Works, 38 N. J. L. 204; Whitford v. Panama R. R. Co., 23 N. Y. 465; McDonald v.…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
Burger & Gohlke, a corporation, is engaged in sheet metal work at Brooklyn, in this state, and for more than two years employed William Post, a resident of Brooklyn, as a sheet metal worker. The contract of employment was made in the state of New York.
On September 1st, 1914, he was sent by his employer to perform certain sheet metal work on a grain elevator in Jersey City, state of New Jersey, and while engaged in his work on that day a sheet of metal slipped from his hands and he received an injury to his wrist, compensation for which has been awarded.
Burger & Gohlke secured compensation for…
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