...of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every common earner by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...liability of common carriers, ' " etc. The first of these statutes provided that " Every common earner by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, * * * shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed...

...The act of 1908 provides that every common carrier by railroad, while engaged in interstate commerce, shall "be liable in damages to any person suffering...he is employed by such carrier in such commerce," or in case of the death of such employee, "resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any...

...District of Columbia or any of the states or territories and any foreign nation or nations, »hall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in euch commerce, or, in case of the death of ev.eh employee, to his or her personal repr-'Sentative,...

...enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the Prof. Thompson, in his work on Negligence, after stating the...

...enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Columbia and...

...consequently subject to this suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. That statute provides that "every common carrier by railroad while engaging...suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier 186 such °f tie Cour<SJ«ce petitioners fl? .U not » terms L 7- h°Ugh recogni2ed tj ^ C1^ns of Alabama...

...consequently subject to this suit under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. That statute provides that "every common carrier by railroad while engaging...suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier Opinion of the Court. 377 US in such commerce," and that "under this chapter ah action may be brought...

...the Territories, the District of Columbia, the Panama Canal Zone, or other possessions of the United States shall be liable in damages to any person suffering injury while he is employed by such carrier in any of said jurisdictions, or, in case of the death of such employee, to his or her personal representative,...

...65; USC, title 45, sees. 51 and 54), be, and they are hereby, amended to read as follows: "Ssc. 1. That every common carrier by railroad while engaging in commerce between any of the several States or Territories, or between any of the States and Territories, or between the District of Colombia and...