Wood v. Camden Iron Works

Citations

• 221 F. 1010
• 1915 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1640

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant <®=s>25(>94 New, vol. 16 Key-No. Series—Receivers—Liability for Payments Due under Workmen’s Compensation Act.</p> <p>Under the New Jersey Employers’ Liability Act (P. L. 1911, p. 134), which provides that when an employer and an employs shall by agreement, express or implied, accept the provisions of section 2 thereof, compensation for personal injuries or for the death of an employs shall be made according to the schedule contained therein, without regard to the employer’s negligence, and section 2, par. 8, providing that such agreement shall bind the employs and his personal representatives as well as the employer and those conducting his business during bankruptcy or insolvency, the receiver of an insolvent corporation authorized to continue its business' was bound to make weekly payments for which, under such act, the corporation had become liable prior to his appointment, such payments constituting operating or administrative expenses, as under the construction of the act by the state courts the obligations and rights thereby created are contractual, and the payments required to be made are part of the compensation of the employé for services rendered, and in legal effect are indistinguishable from ordinary wages.</p> <p>otüer cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>