Superior Minerals Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

This is an action for the wrongful death of John Golden, which his employer, Superior Minerals Company, seeks to maintain pursuant to Section 3309, Revised Statutes 1929, upon the theory that its liability to Golden's dependent widow, Lucy Golden, for compensation under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act (Sections 3299-3376, R.S. 1929) has subrogated it to her right of action against the defendant, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, under Section 3262, Revised Statutes 1929. Tried to a jury, a verdict was returned in favor of plaintiff, and against defendant, in the sum of…