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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION v. DAVIS

No. 224.

259 U.S. 182 (1922)

INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. v. DAVIS, AS AGENT, & c. (LOS ANGELES & SALT LAKE RAILWAY COMPANY).

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren H. Pillsbury for petitioners.

Mr. A.S. Halsted, Mr. Alexander Britton and Mr. Charles H. Bates for respondents. Mr. Fred E. Pettit, Jr., and Mr. E.E. Bennett were also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court

O.J. Burton, one of the petitioners, received injuries while working in the general repair shops of the Railway Company upon an engine that had been employed in interstate commerce and which was destined to be so employed again, and the question is whether redress for the injury must be sought through the Workmen's Compensation Act of California (c. 586, California Statutes 1917) or under the provisions of the...

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