James Clark McReynolds,
Alaska Company v. McHugh — Opinion of the Court
“ Is the owner of a ship, a common carrier engaged in coastwise commerce trade in the territory of Alaska, liable to one of its employes, a stevedore, for damages which have resulted by reason of a defect or insufficiency due to the owner's negligence in an appliance furnished to the employe as provided under sections 1 and 2 of the Act of June 11, 1906, c. ”
James Clark McReynolds,
Alaska Company v. McHugh — Opinion of the Court
“ In the absence of a clear and distinct enunciation of such purpose, we cannot conclude that Congress intended to invade the field of admiralty jurisdiction, and materially after long-recognized rights and established modes of procedure. ”
James Clark McReynolds,
Alaska Company v. McHugh — Opinion of the Court
“ That nothing in this act shall be held to limit the duty of common carriers by railroads or impair the rights of their employees under the Safety-Appliance Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninetythree, as amended April first, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and March second, nineteen hundred and three.'The Employers' Liability Cases, 207 U.S. 463, 28 S.C.t. 141, 52 L. Ed. ”
