Zancanelli v. Central Coal & Coke Co.
Wyoming Supreme Court
ERROR to the District Court, Sweetwater County; HoN. John R. ArNold, Judge. Action by M. Zancanelli to recover damages from Central Coal & Coke Company for personal injuries sustained while in its service due to the negligence of the company.
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ERROR to the District Court, Sweetwater County; HoN. John R. ArNold, Judge. Action by M. Zancanelli to recover damages from Central Coal & Coke Company for personal injuries sustained while in its service due to the negligence of the company. The Workmen’s Compensation Law seeks"to take private property of persons engaged in a lawful enterprise not by judicial action, but by legislative declaration, thus confusing the republican form of government and violating Section 4, Art. IV, of the Constitution of the United States, and for that reason is void. (Calder v. Bull, 3 Dali. 386.) The…
1Opinion of the Court
Blydenburgi-i., Justice.
The plaintiff in error was plaintiff in the court below and ■brought this action to recover damages from the defendant in error for injuries alleged to have been sustained while in the service of the defendant in its mines at Rock Springs, Wyoming, due to the negligence of the defendant company. The defendant filed an answer alleging that its mine, and the employment of the plaintiff therein were within the amendment to Section 4 of Art. 10 of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming adopted at the election in November, 1914, providing for enactment by the Legislature…
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