Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. v. Hackney

It seems to be settled by the decisions of the federal courts that a railroad employee who is engaged in the work of delivering at the place of use material to be used in the repair, construction, or operation of those instrumentalities directly used by the railroad company in the business of interstate commerce, such as rolling stock, station houses, and roadways, is himself “employed in such commerce,” within the meaning of the federal Act (Fed. St. Ann. 1909 Supp. p. 584 [45 USCA §§ 51-59; U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665]). Pedersen v. D., L. & W. R. R. Co., 229 U. S. 146, 33 S. Ct. 648, 57…