Note and Comment

Authors

Ralph W. Aigler, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow
John B. Waite, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow
Eugene B. Hewitt, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

State Legislation Extending to Navigable Waters - In Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen, 37 Sup. Ct. -, decided May 21, 1917, the Supreme Court announces a decision in some respects of far reaching importance. It was held therein, Mr. Justice HOL.Es dissenting, that the WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AcT of the State of New York did not support an award to the widow and children of a workman killed on board a ship of the' Company while at the pier in New York City. Clearly the terms of the New York act covered the case, unless the fact that the accident occurred on navigable waters of the United States had a controlling effect to the contrary.

Recommended Citation

Ralph W. Aigler, John B. Waite & Eugene B. Hewitt, Note and Comment, 15 Mich. L. Rev. 657 (1917).
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