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Show COMPENSATION ACT NOT CONSTITUTIONAL ALBANY, . X. March 24. Tn work mas ' oompoaatioa Jaw pass! by tba leainlator last yar. which provides eompeasatioa to workmoa iajursxi in certaia sprillei danferons amploj-mnta, amploj-mnta, roffsrdless sf th mploTra aff Ji Irene, wag declared aaconstittttioaaJ b th coo ft of gppalg today. Th court bold that th act icprivae th em plover of his propcrtj without do prmeae of law. Th law wag modeled oa the Ensrlioh workmea 'g romrnsatioa act of 18V7, which has sine beea extended to crvT very hi ad of aetrnpatioaal injury. Jadff Wrar wrot the opinion la which ail th members of th eourt eoa-csrred. eoa-csrred. Th main feat or of th act i waa that it required employers of labor 1 ia eortaia occupations to com pea sate their e a. ploy res for any injury oeeur-ring oeeur-ring dariaar tb course of the work, al-thontTh al-thontTh it was showed injury ocenrred sorely t broach lag, ffliKnc of th workman. Tb cas at iasu wag that of Earl free, a switchman, atraiaat th South Buffalo Crosetowa Railway company. Ives was injnred whil at work and brought an action for damajre, ailofjinr ia his eompiaiat that he waa .mured solely by reason of a necessary rik of danger of his employment. The eom-paay eom-paay admitted the facts, but aliened th tat at ttsder sshirb th action was bro'iffht wss aacoastitntional. Th opinio points ont that the tfect that the s-t is abrogate what is known a th fellow servant doetnn aad also th contributory acjf Uecnee" rnl. both of which have heretofore boeg well settled 'nrisnrndoM of tnts state aad aoantry, bat both of which th le-fl;. ksiatar haa power to abolish. |