Southern Pacific Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE ÍOE CALIFORNIA. The cáse is stated in the opinion. Their argument, respecting the jurisdiction, may be summarized as follows: The validity of the state law was not drawn in question but was conceded. By its own terms it does not apply if the federal act does. Laws Calif., 1917, c. 586, § 69 (c). Neither was the “authority” of the State exercised by its tribunals to hear the case drawn in question.
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CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE ÍOE CALIFORNIA. The cáse is stated in the opinion. Their argument, respecting the jurisdiction, may be summarized as follows: The validity of the state law was not drawn in question but was conceded. By its own terms it does not apply if the federal act does. Laws Calif., 1917, c. 586, § 69 (c). Neither was the “authority” of the State exercised by its tribunals to hear the case drawn in question. Merely the result of their determination is assailed, on a federal ground. The petitioner set up a “right, privilege, or immunity” under the federal act,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynoios
William T. Butler, husband of respondent Mary E. . Butler, was killed at Oakland, California, while employed by the Southern Pacific Company as an electric lineman. The Supreme Court of the State affirmed an award rendered by the California Industrial Commission against the company, and the cause, is properly here by writ of certiorari.
The fatal accident, which occurred June 21, 1917, arose out of and happened in the course of deceased’s employment. He “received an electric shock while wiping insulators, which caused him to fall from a steel power pole,' producing injury which proximately…
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