# Quong Ham Wah Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission

> California Supreme Court · October 5, 1920 · 184 Cal. 26

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/3301275

## Case

- **Full name:** QUONG HAM WAH COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Et Al., Respondents
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** October 5, 1920
- **Citations:** 184 Cal. 26; 192 P. 1021; 12 A.L.R. 1190; 1920 Cal. LEXIS 295
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Wilbur
- **Judges:** Shaw, Wilbur, Lennon, Olney
- **Cited by:** 60 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

WILBUR, J., Concurring.
I adhere to the views expressed in
Estabrook Co.
v.
Industrial Acc. Com.,
177 Cal. 767 , [ 177 Pac. 848 ], I.do not, therefore, agree with that portion of the opinion of Mr. Justice Lennon discussing that case and the rule of law which it announces. I concur with what is said by Mr. Justice Lennon in reference to the jurisdiction of the state of California. I concur in that portion of his opinion in which he bases the constitutionality of the statute upon the principle announced in
Estate of Johnson, supra.
I agree with the majority of the court in holding that, notwithstanding the language of the statute with reference to residents, by virtue of the federal constitution a nonresident of California, if a citizen of the United States,
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is entitled to the same remedies as a resident, and for that reason the Industrial Accident Commission had jurisdiction of the complaint of a resident of California, and would also have jurisdiction of a similar complaint by a nonresident, and that there is, therefore, no such discrimination as is prohibited by the federal constitution.

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