Chicago, R, I. & P. R. Co. v. Fontron Loan & Trust Co.

MeNEILL, J,

This action was brought by the Fontron Loan & Trust Company, administrator with the will annexed of the estate of James E, Gardner, deceased, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages for the benefit of Bertha Gardner, the widow, and Hazel Gardner, min- or child of James E. -Gardner, who on the 3rd day of April, 1920, was injured while in the employe of the defendant company and died eight days thereafter. The suit was brought under the (Federal Employers’ Liability Act of 1908, which provides for the recovery of damages on behalf of the wife…