Des Moines Union Railway Co. v. Funk
Supreme Court of Iowa
Certiorari from Polk District Court. — Lawrence De Graff, Judge. Certiorari- to test the right of a commission appointed under the Workmen’s Compensation Act to hear and determine the liability of a railroad company to its employee, when the injury arose at a time when both were engaged in interstate commerce.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
1. Master and servant: Workmen’s Compensation Act: Interstate commerce. Martin Walker was employed by the plaintiff company as a wheel borer in one of its shops at Des Moines, where, on the 25th day of August, 1915, he was accidentally caught upon the revolving shaft of certain machinery, receiving injuries from which he died. Prior to this accident, both employer and employee had elected to accept the terms of the Workmen’s Compen*331sation Act (Chapter 147 of the Acts of the Thirty-fifth General Assembly). Myrtle M. Walker, widow of the deceased, applied to the Industrial Commission, alleging…
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