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  "id": 2926113,
  "name": "Michael Connelly, Appellee, v. Michigan Central Railroad Company, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Connelly v. Michigan Central Railroad",
  "decision_date": "1917-06-11",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 22,895",
  "first_page": "25",
  "last_page": "26",
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
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    "batch": "2018"
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Michael Connelly, Appellee, v. Michigan Central Railroad Company, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Holdom\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\n2. Commerce, \u00a7 4 \u2014 when railroad is engaged in interstate commerce. A railroad company engaged in hauling freight from a point in one State to a point in another State is engaged in interstate commerce.\n3. Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act, \u00a7 4* \u2014 where remedy of employee is not under. Under section 2 of the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act (J. & A. 5450), the remedy of an employee injured while engaged in interstate commerce, and while in the employ of a carrier by land engaged in interstate commerce, is under the Federal Employers\u2019 Liability Act and not under the Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act of 1911.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Holdom"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Winston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, for appellant; Leslie M. O\u2019Connor and J. Sidney Condit, of counsel.",
      "No appearance for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Michael Connelly, Appellee, v. Michigan Central Railroad Company, Appellant.\nGen. No. 22,895.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAbstract of the Decision.\n1. Commerce, \u00a7 4 \u2014 when railroad employee is engaged in interstate commerce. A checker employed by a railroad company is engaged in interstate commerce when checking freight out of a car which had been loaded in another State and brought therefrom into Illinois by such company.\nAppeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oscar M. Torrison, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1916.\nReversed.\nOpinion filed June 11, 1917.\nStatement of the Case.\nProceeding under Workmen\u2019s Compensation Act by Michael Connelly, plaintiff, against the Michigan Central Eailroad Company, a corporation, defendant, to recover compensation for personal injuries. From a judgment of the Circuit Court awarding compensation, defendant appeals.\nWinston, Payne, Strawn & Shaw, for appellant; Leslie M. O\u2019Connor and J. Sidney Condit, of counsel.\nNo appearance for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
  },
  "file_name": "0025-01",
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