Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment for damages recovered by the representative of an employee of an interstate carrier in the state court and under the Federal Liability Act, áre stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Claiming under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65; April 5, 1910, c. 143, 36 Stat. 291), defendant in error brought this suit in a state court against the railroad company to recover dam-agés resulting from her husband’s death by accident while employed as engineer on a passenger train. A loaded car, having escaped from the switching crew, ran down a long grade, struck his engine with great violence as it was rounding a curve near the Shreveport yard, and killed him.-
The company denied negligence on its part but interposed no plea setting up the defense…
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