...Employers' Liability Act of 1908, which provides: "That any contract, rule, regulation, or devic« whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be...created by this act, shall to that extent be void." 35 US Stat. at L. 66, c. 149, § б (DS Сотр. St. Supp. 1911, p. 1324). We are now to reconsider...

...excepted to are the following: "(4) You are instructed that under the federal law it is further provided that any contract, rule, regulation or device whatsoever,...to enable any common carrier to exempt itself from liability from negligence of the kind here charged by the plaintiff against the defendant, shall to...

...federal Employers' Liability Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 66 (US Сотр. St. 1916, § 86C1), "that in any action brought against any such common...under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief...

...contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent of which shall be to enable aiiy common carrier to exempt itself from any liability...extent be void: Provided, that in any action brought agaiust any such common carrier under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, such common...

...contributed to the injury or death of such employé. "Sec. 5. That any contract, rule, regulation, which shall be to enable any common carrier to exempt...under or by virtue of any of the provisions of this act, such common carrier may set off therein any sum it has contributed or paid to any insurance, relief...

...that the employee may have been guilty of contributory negligence shall not bar a recovery," and " that any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...created by this act, shall, to that extent, be void." The provisions of the third section, "that no such employee who may be injured . . . shall be held...

...agents, or employés of such carrier," etc. Section 5 (article 8661, US Compiled Statutes) provides: "Any contract, rule, regulation, or device •whatsoever,...to exempt itself from any liability created by this шогГтспГьиЛаГыаЬиеЕ andllald threToth" act, shall to that extent be void. er gervants...

...(35 Stat L. 65, c. 149, Сотр. Stat. 1913, § S657), which provides that any contract, the purposQ or intent of which shall be to enable any common carrier...created by this act, shall to that extent be void. It was decided by the Supreme Court that the porter, who was employed by and was under the control...

...the subject, it would be set at rest by the provision of the act itself, which reads (section 5) : "Any contract, rule, regulation, or device whatsoever,...created by this act, shall to that extent be void." 35 Stat. 66 (US Oornp. St. 1016, § 8GG1). [2] The negligence for which the judgment was recovered...

...585, and known as the second employer's liability act. It reads as follows: "That any contract, role, regulation, or device whatsoever, the purpose or intent...carrier to exempt itself from any liability created by Franklin County Appeals. this act, shall to that extent lie void; provided, that in any notion brought...