McNeill v. Director General of Railroads

Citations

• 272 Pa. 525
• 116 A. 476
• 1922 Pa. LEXIS 862

Syllabus

<p>Workmen’s compensation^-Railroads — Master and servant — Interstate commerce.</p> <p>1. Where a train has any interstate cars in it, it must be treated as an interstate train, in determining -whether or not the carrier is liable for an accident occurring in its operation.</p> <p>2. Interstate commerce is directly affected and the rules applicable thereto apply when a train containing interstate cars is being cut, so that a new car may be added at such a place in the train as to facilitate its delivery and the delivery of the other cars, when they reach their destination.</p> <p>3. The movement of a train containing interstate cars, to a point where it is to be broken up into a number of separate trains, is a movement in interstate commerce.</p> <p>4. Not decided whether or not an employee engaged in interstate commerce can obtain relief under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, if he is injured by another carrier than his employer.</p> <p>5. Murray v. Pgh., C., C. & St. L. R. R. Co., 263 Pa. 398, distinguished.</p>