Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. v. Blagg
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of certain provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act of Ohio, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio, to recover for injuries, received by Harry O. Blagg, while in the service of The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, a corporation engaged in manufacturing at Columbus, Ohio. The allegation was that the injury happened to the plaintiff because of the standing of certain freight cars upon a switch, with an opening left between them for the use of employés; that the plaintiff was directed by the defendant to assist in removing certain lumber from a point on the north side of the switch, and, in so doing, it was necessary…
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