Matter of Saxon v. . Erie R.R. Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 4, 1916, affirming an award of the state industrial commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The deceased was engaged in interstate commerce at the time of the accident. (Pederson v. D.,L. & W. R. R. Co., 229 U. S. 146; Eng v. Southern Pacific R. R. Co., 210 Fed.
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Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the third judicial department, entered January 4, 1916, affirming an award of the state industrial commission under the Workmen’s Compensation Law. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The deceased was engaged in interstate commerce at the time of the accident. (Pederson v. D.,L. & W. R. R. Co., 229 U. S. 146; Eng v. Southern Pacific R. R. Co., 210 Fed. Rep. 92; Law v. Illinois Central Railroad Co., 208 Fed. Rep. 869; Walsh v. N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 223 U. S. 5, 6; Central Railway…
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, Ch. J.
The findings disclose that at the time of the death of claimant’s husband he was in the employ of the Erie Railroad Company, which was engaged in moving both interstate and intrastate commerce. The deceased was a machinist’s helper and on the day in question had been assigned to help in making light repairs on certain engines. As he was proceeding from a spot where he had been waiting to the place where he was to engage in making these repairs he was run over by an engine and killed. The findings do not state generally whether the intestate at the time of his death was engaged…
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