Moore v. Industrial Commission

OPINION

By GUERNSEY, J.

Whether the plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce at the time of his injury, is to be determined by the following rules:.' 1. The test of employment in interstate commerce, which determines the application of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, is whether the employe at the time of the injury was engaged in interstate transpor-i tation, or in any work so closely related to it as to be practically a part of it.. 2. The tracks, bridges, roadbed, and equipment of a carrier in actual use in interstate commerce have a definite interstate character as instruments of…