 | Harold Edgar Barnes - Constitutional law - 1915 - 376 pages
...enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee. SEC. 5. That any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...created by this act, shall to that extent be void: Provided, That in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 796 pages
...enacted for the safety of employees contributed to the injury or death of such employee. "Sec. 5. That any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...created by this Act, shall to that extent be void: Provided, That in any action brought against any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1915 - 826 pages
...Employers' Liability Act, of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, which provides that 'any contract . . . the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable...created by this Act, shall to that extent be void.' The application of this provision depends upon the plaintiff's employment. For the 'liability created'... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 982 pages
...Stat. at L. 65, chap. 149, Сотр. Stat. 1913, § 8657), which provides that "any contract . . . the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable...created by this act, shall to that extent be void." The application of this provision depends upon the plaintiff's employment. For the "liability created"... | |
 | Appellate courts - 1915 - 732 pages
...Employers' Liability Act (April 22, 1908, c. 149, $ 5, 35 Stat. 65 [Comp. St. 1913, § 8C61]) providing that any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by that act, shall to that extent be void. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Master and Servant, Cent... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 854 pages
...April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65, which provides that 'any contract ... the purpose or intent 01 which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt...created by this Act, shall to that extent be void.' The appli cation of this provision depends upon the plaintiff's employment. For the 'liability created'... | |
 | Minnesota - Law - 1915 - 718 pages
...contributed to the injury or death of such employee. Sec. 5. Contrary contracts declared void. — That any contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever...purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any employer to exempt such employer from any liability created by this act. shall to that extent be void... | |
 | 1912 - 1260 pages
...and though the injured party may have been guilty of contributory negligence ; and, further, that " any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...created by this Act, shall to that extent be void." The Supreme Court holds that this Act is Constitutional and that rights arising under this Act may... | |
 | Employers' liability - 1912 - 1074 pages
...Operation. The provision of the Employer's Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149 (35 Stat. 65) J 5, "that any contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever,...carrier to exempt itself from any liability" created by the Act, shall to that extent be void, includes within its condemnation a contract of membership in... | |
 | Employers' liability - 1915 - 1518 pages
...Liability Act declaring that any contract, rule, regulation or device, the purpose or intent of which will be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by the company, shall be void, includes agreements made before the statute was enacted as well as future... | |
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That any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by this act, shall to that extent be void... 
