Martin v. Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. Reuben .L. Martin brought this action to recover compensation for personal injuries. ■ At the time Martin was injured he was on a train of the railroad company, in the employ of the United States as a .railway postal clerk on a route extending from Cleveland, Ohio, to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. Reuben .L. Martin brought this action to recover compensation for personal injuries. ■ At the time Martin was injured he was on a train of the railroad company, in the employ of the United States as a .railway postal clerk on a route extending from Cleveland, Ohio, to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. The injuries arose from the derailing in Pennsylvania of the train, by the negligence of the crew of a work train, in permitting a switch leading to a side track to be open. Among other defenses the company pleaded a law of Pennsylvania, passed April 4,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
We quote the Pennsylvania statute of April 4, 1868, upon which the case turns:
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that when any person shall sustain personal injury or loss of life while lawfully engaged or employed on or about the roads, works, depots, and premises of a railroad company, or in or about any train or car, therein or thereon, of which company such person is not an employé, the right of action and recovery in all such cases against the company…
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