Brown v. Southern Pacific Co.

This action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act was brought by appellant, the widow of Ray Brown, a brakeman employed by respondent. He was run over and killed by an engine while switching at Pittsburg, California, on November 25,1944. Nobody saw him fall, jump or step from the rear footboard of the engine tender, on which he had been standing just before the accident. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. A new trial was denied, and this appeal from the judgment was taken.

Decedent’s train, consisting of the locomotive, three freight cars and a caboose, reached Pittsburg from…