Claim of Bryant v. Pullman Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Pullman Company, from an award of the State Industrial Commission, made on the 4th day of October, 1918, confirming a prior award, and also from a modified award made by the Commission on the 25th day of October, 1918.
1Opinion of the Court
John M. Kellogg, P. J.:
The accident to the claimant occurred March 17, 1918; he was a porter on the company’s sleeping car. At the time of the accident, under the act of Congress and the proclamation of the President, the cars of the company were operated under Federal control. The proclamation of the President provided that the Director General of Railroads “ may perform the duties imposed upon him, so long and to such extent as he shall determine, through the boards of directors, receivers, officers and employees ” of the companies.* The act of Congress (§ 10) † contemplated a continuing…
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