...is whether the evidence discloses that the plaintiff was engaged in interstate commerce at the time, or in work so closely related to it as to be practically a part of it, and thus be entitled to the benefits of the federal Employers' Liability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665)....

...down by the authorities, of employment in interstate commerce, is whether the employe when injured was engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so...closely related to it as to be practically a part of it. Appellant urges that the case at bar is very similar to the case of Erie Railroad Company v. Winfield,...

...COMMERCE— TEST. The test of employment in interstate commerce is whether the employé, when injured, was engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so...closely related to it as to be practically a part thereof; there being in such cases a distinction between a mere expectation that particular work done...

...not bring the case within the federal act. The test is: 'Was the employe1 at the time of the injury engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so...related to it as to be practically a part of it?' Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RE Co., 239 US 556, 558 [36 Sup. Ct. 188, 189, 60 L. Ed. 436,...

...established the test of employment in interstate commerce as depending upon whether the employee was engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so closely related to it as to be practically 171 LC. С a part of it. There the plaintiff had been injured while engaged in altering the location...

...in such (interstate) commerce in the sense intended is, was the employee at the time of the injury engaged in interstate transportation or in work so closely related to it as to practically be a part of it" : RR Co. v. Harrington, 241 US 177; Shanks v. RR Co., 239 US 556 ; Pederson...

...stated by the Supreme Court of the United States to be "was the employee at the time of the Injury engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so...related to it as to be practically a part of it"? The deceased was engaged in working upon an insulator that supported a wire that was actually in use...

...from the transportation. The requirement is that the employee shall, at the time of the injury, be engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so...closely related to it as to be practically a part of interstate transportation (Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR Co., 239 US 556, 558; Fish v....

...the true test of employment in interstate commerce is: Was t bo employee, at the time of the injury, engaged in interstate transportation, or in work so...closely related to it as to be practically a part of it?15 Another test applied in some .eases is to consider the effect of the employee's injury on the...

...Rep. 902). In neither instance could the service indicated be said to be interstate transportation, or so closely related to it as to be practically a part of it. Coming to apply the test to the case in hand, it it plain that Shanks was not employed in interstate...