Moore v. Grand Trunk Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case eor Negligence under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the April ‘Term, 1918, Essex County, Slack, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The-opinion states the case.
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Case eor Negligence under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the April ‘Term, 1918, Essex County, Slack, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The-opinion states the case. The plaintiff was not engaged in interstate, commerce at the-time of the injury; there being a clear distinction between working for interstate commerce and working in interstate commerce, the latter only being within the meaning of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Shanks v. Delaware, L. <& W. R. Co., 239.U. S. 556, 60 L. ed. 436;…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, C. J.
This action, brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908, is for-personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff at Island Pond, this State, on July 13,1917, while engaged in coaling defendant’s locomotive, No. 1018 (hereinafter referred to by number). The defendant is a common carrier by railroad, engaged in commerce between several states, and between states and a foreign nation. Thirty-two miles of its road are in Vermont, passing through the village of Island Pond, which is a divisional point. ■ Seventeen miles west of Island Pond *385the road passes into Canada, continuing to…
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