Southern R. Co. v. Wilkins, Admx.

— This was an action brought by the appellee against the appellant wherein the appellee sought to recover a judgment for damages for the death of James R. Wilkins, an employee of the appellant, whose death is alleged to have resulted from injuries received while working as a car inspector for the appellant in the Southern Railway Company’s yards in Princeton; Indiana.

The action is under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908, and subsequent acts amendatory thereof. (45 USCA, §§51-59.)

The complaint, in substance, alleges that on September 23, 1927, said appellant had made up in…