Coon v. Kennedy, 248 U.S. 457 (1919)

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Coon v. Kennedy


No. 398


Argued December 11, 1918
Decided January 13, 1919
248 U.S. 457

ERROR TO THE COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY

Syllabus

Under Jud.Code, § 237, as amended September 6, 1916, a writ of error does not lie to a judgment of a state court holding the state workmen’s compensation Law inapplicable to a case of personal injuries governed by the maritime law and holding the Act of October 6, 1917, which changes the rule in that regard, inapplicable retrospectively.

Writ of error to review 91 N.J.L. 598 dismissed.

The case is stated in the opinion.