MADERA CO. v. INDUSTRIAL COMM.

Nos. 235 and 296.

262 U.S. 499 (1923)

MADERA SUGAR PINE COMPANY v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.E. Barbour, for plaintiff in error, submitted. Mr. William C. Ring was also on the brief.

Mr. Adolphus E. Graupner, with whom Mr. Warren H. Pillsbury was on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two cases were heard together. They involve a single question as to the constitutionality of the Workmen's Compensation Act of California.

This is a compulsory compensation act establishing in all except certain employments, an exclusive system governing compensation for injuries to employees resulting in disability or death. By its terms liability exists against an employer for the compensation...

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