FORE RIVER SHIPBUILDING CO. v. HAGG

No. 75.

219 U.S. 175 (1911)

FORE RIVER SHIPBUILDING COMPANY v. HAGG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1911.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Lowell and Mr. James A. Lowell for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Asa P. French and Mr. James S. Allen, Jr., for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is here upon a question involving the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts to entertain the action. It was begun in the Circuit Court by Selma T. Hagg, a citizen of Sweden, against the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, a corporation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The object of the suit was to recover damages under the Employers' Liability Act of...

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