SO. PAC. CO. v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMM.

No. 118.

251 U.S. 259 (1920)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henley C. Booth and Mr. William F. Herrin for petitioner.

Mr. Christopher M. Bradley and Mr. Warren H. Pillsbury, for respondents, contended that writ of error was the proper remedy and that certiorari would not lie.

On the merits:


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

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...

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