Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad v. Smith

Citations

• 132 Md. 345
• 10 A.L.R. 1175
• 103 A. 945
• 1918 Md. LEXIS 46

Syllabus

<p>Railroad bridge repairers and Federal Employers’ Liability Act. Demurrers: no exceptions necessary to Court’s ruling on—.</p> <p>A railroad, employee was injured while in a camp car, in which he was cooking dinner, and in which the railroad repair gang of carpenters lived while they were repairing bridges over the line of the railroad; the railroad was engaged both in interstate and intrastate commerce: Held, that such employment was directly related to interstate commerce, and that the injury of the employee came under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act.</p> <p>A ruling of the Court upon a demurrer should appear on the face of the record, and it is unnecessary and irregular to make it the basis of an exception.</p>