Boyd v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad

In issue here is the validity of a contract restricting the choice of venue for an action based upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Petitioner was injured in the course of his duties as an employee of respondent railroad in November, 1946. Twice during the following month petitioner was advanced fifty dollars by respondent. On each of these occasions petitioner signed an agreement stipulating that if his claim could not be settled and he elected to sue, “such suit shall be commenced within the county or district where I resided at the time my injuries were sustained or in the county or…