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Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co., 252 U.S. 475 (1920)
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Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co., 252 U.S. 475 (1920)
Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company No. 151 Argued January 16, 1920 Decided April 19, 1920 252 U.S. 475
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
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The terms "employee" and "employed" in the Employers’ Liability Act are used in their natural sense, importing the conventional relation of employer and employee. P. 479.
Under an agreement for through freight service between two railroads, each retained control of its own train crews while on the other’s line, subject to regulations, orders, and discipline imposed by the other for the purpose of coordinating their movements to its own operations and for insuring safety and furthering the general object of the agreement, and the acts of each company’s employees while on the line of the other were performed as part of their duty to their general employer. Held that an employee of one company did not become an employee of the other within the meaning of the Employers’ Liability Act, while so operating on the other’s line. Id.North Carolina R. Co. v. Zachary, 232 U.S. 248, distinguished.
132 Md. 540 affirmed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co., 252 U.S. 475 (1920) in 252 U.S. 475 252 U.S. 477. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A9E5WBN1MI26QFS.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co., 252 U.S. 475 (1920), in 252 U.S. 475, page 252 U.S. 477. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A9E5WBN1MI26QFS.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Hull v. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co., 252 U.S. 475 (1920). cited in 1920, 252 U.S. 475, pp.252 U.S. 477. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=A9E5WBN1MI26QFS.
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