Sullivan v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Juneau county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for tbe death of plaintiff’s intestate who was killed February 15, 1915, while performing his duties as an employee of defendant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Juneau county: James O’Neill, Circuit Judge. Action to recover for tbe death of plaintiff’s intestate who was killed February 15, 1915, while performing his duties as an employee of defendant. The event was directly caused by a pile of lumber tipping over upon, and crushing, the deceased. ' The claim of plaintiff was that defendant was negligent in so permitting the lumber to be piled that it was liable to tip over and injure employees who were required to work in the vicinity thereof; that the manner in which the lumber was piled rendered the…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
The question presented here is this: Is labor in the preparation of material or 'articles designed to be, when ready therefor, transported from the state where such labor is performed to another state, for use of the carrier when needed, a part of interstate commerce ?
*587In deciding tbe question suggested, it will promote clearness to abstain from more than referring, briefly, to cases where the federal supreme court has had to do with the matter. There are several classes, — those which deal with labor on instrumentalities, of interstate transportation; those which deal with subjects of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- The Daniel BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Coe v. ErrolSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. E. C. Knight Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. YurkonisSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Van de Zande v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1919
- Conway v. Southern Pac. Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1926
- Karras v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1917
- Steward v. Industrial Commission of UtahUtah Supreme Court · 1932