Peters v. Veasey

Citations

• 251 U.S. 121
• 40 S. Ct. 65
• 64 L. Ed. 180
• 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1857

Syllabus

<p>Prior to the Act of October 6,1917, c. 97, 40 Stat. 395, amending Jud. Code, §§ 24, cl. 3, and 256, cl. 3, a state workmen’s compensation law had no application to a case of personal injuries suffered by one employed as a longshoreman, while engaged as such, on board, in unloading a ship. P. 122; Southern Pacific Co. v^Jensen, 244 U. S. 205.</p> <p>The Act of October 6,1917, supra, was not intended to apply to a cause of action of that character, which arose before the act was passed. Id.</p> <p>142 Louisiana, 1012, reversed.</p>