...distinct and independent liabilities, resting, of course, upon the common foundation of a tSec. 1. That every common carrier by railroad, while engaging in commerce between any of the several states or territories, or between any of the states and territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...common carriers by railroad to their employe1s in certain cases. (35 Stat. 65.)] Be it enacted, &c., that every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several states or territories, or between any of the states and territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every common carrier by railroad, while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or territories, or between any of the States and territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...Congress, 1907-8. Chapter 149. Liability of railroad companies for injuries to employees. Section i. Every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...commerce. Such work was not a part of commerce, but an incident which preceded it. The act provides that "every common carrier by railroad, while engaging in commerce between any of the States or Territories . . . shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while employed...

...performed at the time of the injury, isolatedly considered, was in interstate or intrastate commerce . . . Passing from the question of power to that of its...follows: 'That every common carrier by railroad while engaged in commerce between any of the several States . . . .shall be liable in damages to any person...

...injury to any employe', even though his employment had no connection whatever with interstate commerce. Passing from the question of power to that of its...provision in the act of April 22, 1908, reads as follows: "Section 1. That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several...

...much of the act of Congress as is material to our present purpose is as follows: Section 1 declares that: "Every common carrier by railroad while engaging In commerce between any of the several states or territories, or between any of the states and territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...Employers' Liability Act of 1908 (35 Stat. 65, c. 149, US Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1322), which declared that "every common carrier by railroad, while engaging in commerce between any of the several states or territories, * * * shall be liable in damages [for injury or death suffered by any person] while...

...enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and...