McCLUSKEY v. MARYSVILLE & NORTH'N RY. CO.

No. 166.

243 U.S. 36 (1917)

McCLUSKEY, ADMINISTRATOR OF NORDGARD, v. MARYSVILLE & NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Casey, with whom Mr. George F. Hannan and Mr. Chas. R. Pierce were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E.C. Hughes, with whom Mr. Maurice McMicken, Mr. Otto B. Rupp and Mr. H.J. Ramsey were on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought under the Employers' Liability Act to recover damages resulting from injuries suffered by Nordgard while in the employ of the defendant railway company. The trial court directed a verdict for the defendants on the ground that there was no evidence tending to show that the defendants and Nordgard were engaged at the time of the accident in interstate or foreign commerce, and the case...

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