Legal Opinion

Rounsaville v. Central Railroad

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided June 18, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

On appeal, from the Supreme Court, whose opinion is reported in 87 N. J. L. 371.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The respondent, a brakeman on the appellant’s train under a contract made in this state, was injured in the course of his employment in Pennsylvania while appellant and he were engaged in interstate commerce. His petition to' tlie Common Pleas of Warren county for compensation under the New' Jersey Workmen’s Compensation act was dismissed by Judge Boseberry upon the ground that the enactment by congress of the Federal Employers’ Liability act prevented the application of state legislation to an injury received in the course of interstate…

2Cited by6 opinions

  1. McGehee Hatchery Co. v. GunterSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1961
  2. Hi-Heat Gas Co. v. DickersonSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1934
  3. Steinmetz v. Snead & Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1939
  4. House v. State Industrial Accident CommissionOregon Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Ribaudi v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1934

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