Briggs v. Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co.

Trellsite Foundry & Stamping Company v. Enterprise Foundry, 365 Mich 209, flatly held that the provision in section 9 of part 7 of the workmen’s compensation act (CL 1948, § 417.9 [Stat Ann 1960 Rev § 17.228]) which relates to the apportion*164ment of an award was unconstitutional. Pointing to the distinction between substantive due process and procedural due process, we went on to say (pp 214, ,215); '

“Naturally, a statutory provision affecting private substantive rights in the interests of the general welfare might be reasonable and hence valid in its application to certain circumstances and…