Spokane & Inland Empire Railway Co. v. Wilson

Citations

• 104 Wash. 171
• 176 P. 34
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 1259

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant (20-1) — Liability eor Injury to Servant— Workmen’s Compensation — Act Exempting Interstate Railways— Construction. Under tbe amendment (Laws 1917, p. 96, §18; Rem. Code, § 6604-18) providing that the workmen’s compensation act shall not apply to employees of railways doing interstate, foreign, and intrastate commerce, and substituting therefor the liability imposed by the Federal employers’ liability act, it -is immaterial whether an injured employee was engaged in intrastate or interstate commerce, if any portion of the railroad’s business is interstate; it being the intention to classify employers and render them liable under the Federal act regardless of the nature of the work (Tolman and Fullerton, JJ., dissent).</p>