New York Central Railroad v. Marcone

The respondent, plaintiff below, brought suit in the Circuit Court of Hudson County, New Jersey, to recover under the Eederal Employers’ Liability Act, for the death of his intestate. Judgment for plaintiff was affirmed by the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey. 105 N. J. L. 466. This Court granted certiorari, 280 U. S. 540, on a petition which asserted as grounds for allowing the writ that the court below had erroneously decided that there was evidence that at the time of the accident deceased was engaged in interstate commerce; that there was evidence of negligence on the part of…