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Swansea Lease, Inc. v. Molloy

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided September 22, 1919No. Civil No. 1678PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Yuma. Frank Baxter, Judge. STATEMENT OF PACTS BY THE COURT." Action to recover the damages given by the employers’ liability law (Civ. Code 1913, pars. 3153-3162) for personal injuries suffered by James Chapman, which resulted in his death.

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APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the county of Yuma. Frank Baxter, Judge. STATEMENT OF PACTS BY THE COURT." Action to recover the damages given by the employers’ liability law (Civ. Code 1913, pars. 3153-3162) for personal injuries suffered by James Chapman, which resulted in his death. The plaintiff alleges that the said deceased was in the employ of the defendant, and that he was injured by accident arising out of and in the course of his said employment, which resulted dn his death. The defendant denied that deceased, when injured, was in defendant’s service, but alleges…

1Opinion of the CourtCunningham, C. J.

(After Stating the Facts as Above). The action is founded upon the employers’ liability law,- and the defendant has demurred to the complaint because and for the alleged reason that said law violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The demurrer was overruled by the lower court, and the ruling is assigned as error. This court has repeatedly held adversely to appellant’s contention, and adheres to the said ruling on the authority of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. v. Mendez, 19 Ariz. 151, 166 Pac. 278, 1183, Superior & Pittsburg Copper Co. v. Tomich, 19…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co. v. MendezArizona Supreme Court · 1917
  2. Arizona Copper Co. v. BurciagaArizona Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Superior & Pittsburg Copper Co. v. TomichArizona Supreme Court · 1917
  4. Superior & Pittsburg Copper Co. v. DavidovitchArizona Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Lee Moor Contracting Co. v. BlantonArizona Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Barker v. General Petroleum Corp.Arizona Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Sobel v. JonesArizona Supreme Court · 1964
  4. Arizona-Hercules Copper Co. v. CrenshawArizona Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc. v. Industrial CommissionArizona Supreme Court · 1943

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