Aluminum Co. of America v. Ramsey
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SXJPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIÍANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the Fourteenth Amendment, of the Arkansas Fellow Servant Law, are stated in the opinion. The a,ct of 1907 is unconstitutional because it denies to plaintiff in error the equal protection of the law and deprives it of its property without due process óf law.
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ERROR TO THE SXJPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIÍANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality, under the Fourteenth Amendment, of the Arkansas Fellow Servant Law, are stated in the opinion. The a,ct of 1907 is unconstitutional because it denies to plaintiff in error the equal protection of the law and deprives it of its property without due process óf law. It imposes obligations' upon corporations without regard to the class of business in which they are engaged and in a matter where the classification of corporations is not authorized because of the.nature of their entity.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
the court.
The defendant in error brought this action against the plaintiff in error in the Saline Circuit Court of the State of Arkansas to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him while in the employment of the company, which maintained a railroad to its mines, on account of the negligence of a fellow servant.
The action was based upon a statute of the State called by the parties “The Fellow Servant Law.” (Acts 1907, Act 69, p. 162.) The statute makes railroad corporations operating within the State and every company, whether incorporated or not, engaged in the…
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