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Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Polk, 256 U.S. 332 (1921)
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Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Polk, 256 U.S. 332 (1921)
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company v. Polk No 298 Argued April 28, 1921 Decided May 16, 1921 256 U.S. 332
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In a proceeding under a state workmen’s compensation law to recover for the death of a railroad employee, findings that, when injured, he was employed as a member of a crew in charge of a draft of freight cars attached to an engine in a yard and containing both interstate and intrastate cars and freight establish his employment in interstate commerce; a special relation to the intrastate commerce which would have rendered his employment intrastate cannot be presumed, but must be proven by the actor in the proceeding. Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Di Donato, ante,327. P. 333.
266 Pa.St. 335 reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Polk, 256 U.S. 332 (1921) in 256 U.S. 332 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UICWD5SANPXDJ7P.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Polk, 256 U.S. 332 (1921), in 256 U.S. 332, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UICWD5SANPXDJ7P.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Philadelphia & Reading Ry. Co. v. Polk, 256 U.S. 332 (1921). cited in 1921, 256 U.S. 332. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UICWD5SANPXDJ7P.
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