STATEN ISLAND RY. v. PHOENIX CO.

No. 307.

281 U.S. 98 (1930)

STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT RAILWAY COMPANY v. PHOENIX INDEMNITY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederick H. Wood for appellant.

Mr. Jeremiah F. Connor was on the brief for appellee.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case was submitted to the state court upon an agreed statement of facts, and presented the question of the validity of a provision of section twenty-nine of the Workmen's Compensation Law of New York under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.

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