Jenkins v. Wabash Railroad Co.

1.—The plaintiff, administrator of the estate of Wilbur F. Jenkins, deceased, brought this suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, seeking to recover damages for the death of the said Wilbur F. Jenkins. The suit was instituted in the circuit court of Daviess county, against the Wabash Railway Company, a corporation, and Arthur Lovell, one of its section foremen, as defendants, on petition filed December 30, 1929. The suit was thereafter transferred by change of venue to the circuit court of Livingston County, where it was tried on January 21, 1931, before the regular judge thereof…