Excerpt from Injuries to Interstate Employees on Railroads: A Treatise on the Federal Employers' Liability Act of 1908, as Amended, With an Appendix, Containing a Copy of the Act, Together With All Federal Statutes and Orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the Safety of Railroad EmployeesOwing to the doubt and uncertainty as to the con stitutionality of this law, prior to the decision of the national Supreme Court in the Mondou case, decided January 15, 1912, in Which the validity of the act was sustained in all its parts, but few suits had been brought under the federal statute. Since that time the courts have been ¿ooded With actions under this statute and up to March 1, 1915, the United States Supreme Court, alone, notwithstand ing its limited power on writ of error, had delivered opinions in twenty-nine cases construing and apply ing this act. During the same period between 500 and 600 cases under this act have been decided by state appellate courts, federal district courts, and federal circuit courts of appeals, so that now the majority of the many and perplexing questions in the application and construction of this statute have been solved.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.