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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. JENSEN

No. 280.

244 U.S. 205 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 524

61 L.Ed. 1086

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. JENSEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Norman B. Beecher, with whom Mr. Ray Rood Allen was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. E. Clarence Aiken, with whom Mr. Egburt E. Woodbury, Attorney General of the State of New York, and Mr. Harold J. Hinman were on the briefs, for defendant in error.

Mr. Christopher M. Bradley, by leave of court, filed a brief on behalf of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon a claim regularly presented, the Workmen's Compensation Commission of New York made the following findings of fact, rulings and award, October 9, 1914:

"1. Christen Jensen, the deceased workman, was, on August 15, 1914, an employee of the Southern Pacific Company, a corporation of the State of Kentucky, where it has its principal office. It also has an office at Pier 49, North River, New York...

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