Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1933

Claim of Burdick v. International Railway Co.

Claim of Burdick v. International Railway Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided November 15, 1933
240 A.D. 925
Claim of Burdick v. International Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court

Award reversed and claim dismissed, with costs against the State Industrial Board, on the ground that the decedent was engaged in foreign commerce by railroad. ,Hill, P. J., McNamee and Bliss, JJ., concur; Rhodes and Heffernan, JJ., dissent and vote to affirm the award on the ground that the decedent was not engaged in interstate commerce. (Borelli v. International Ry. Co., 240 N. Y. 54; Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Behrens, 233 U. S. 473; Chicago, Burlington & Q. R. R. Co. v. Harrington, 241 id. 177.)

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