Shevchenko v. Detroit United Railway

(after stating the facts). The necessity for a construction of the provisions of Act No. 10, Extra Session 1912, which will enable both employer and employee to know when the act does and when it does not apply, was illustrated in Bernard v. Traction Co., 188 Mich 504 (154 N. W. 565), and is again illustrated in this proceeding. In that case, the injury complained about was received at a date intervening the notice by the employer of election to be bound by the act and the date of the approval of the application by the board. The employer, presenting the facts, urged them as a defense to an…