Title 45 — Railroads
Chapter 2 — Liability for Injuries to Employees
§ 56. Actions; limitation; concurrent jurisdiction of courts
Statutory text
No action shall be maintained under this chapter unless commenced within three years from the day the cause of action accrued.
Under this chapter an action may be brought in a district court of the United States, in the district of the residence of the defendant, or in which the cause of action arose, or in which the defendant shall be doing business at the time of commencing such action. The jurisdiction of the courts of the United States under this chapter shall be concurrent with that of the courts of the several States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 60–149 § 6 · 35 Stat. 65
Enacted · 45 U.S.C. § 56
Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 6, 35 Stat. 66
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 6, 35 Stat. 66Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. That no action shall be maintained under this Act unless Time limit for actions. commenced within two years from the day the cause of action accrued.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
The first par. of this section is from act .
The second par. of this section is from act .
Amendments1939–1948 · 2 rounds
1948
Act , struck out provision in last sentence relating to removal of actions.
1939
Act , changed limitation in first sentence from two to three years.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“District court” substituted in text for “circuit court” to conform to act , which transferred powers and duties of circuit courts to district courts.
Effective Date of 1948 Amendment
Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 38, 62 Stat. 992, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective .
Credits
1908–1948 · 5 acts
- 1908Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 6, 35 Stat. 66
- 1910Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, § 1, 36 Stat. 291
- 1911Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167
- 1939Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 685, § 2, 53 Stat. 1404
- 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 18, 62 Stat. 989.
Show as published
(Apr. 22, 1908, ch. 149, § 6, 35 Stat. 66; Apr. 5, 1910, ch. 143, § 1, 36 Stat. 291; Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, § 291, 36 Stat. 1167; Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 685, § 2, 53 Stat. 1404; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 18, 62 Stat. 989.)