Legal Opinion
Sexton ex rel. Kin v. Newark District Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided February 25, 1913PublishedCited by 50 opinions
On certiorari.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Trenchard, J.
This writ brings up for review a judgment of the Essex County Common Pleas Court against the prosecutor in an action under the “Employers’ Liability act,” approved April 4th, 1911 (Pamph. L., p. 131, ch. 95), and the supplement thereto approved May 2d, 1911. Pamph. L., p. 763, ch. 368.
The act of April 4th, 1911 (the main act), is divided into three sections. The first six paragraphs are included within section 1, which is entitled “Compensation by Action at Law.”
These paragraphs, so far as they are pertinent to this case, are as follows:
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2Cases cited30 opinions
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- The Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Lottery CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- Woodward Iron Co. v. BradfordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
- Hunter v. Colfax Consolidated Coal Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- Shea v. North-Butte Mining Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1919
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