Dayton Power & Light Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

This writ presents the single question whether a manufacturer of electricity doing business in Ohio, and who had complied with the Workmen’s Compensation Act of that state, and had elected, under section 1465-69 of the Ohio General Code, to pay directly the compensation required by law to be paid to such of its employés as should be injured in the course of their employment, in lieu of paying premiums to the Industrial Commission, and had accordingly been compelled to pay directly to its employé, on account of injuries sustained by the latter in the course of his…