Dobney v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Fred Dobney, a brakeman for the defendant, died February 24, 1928. There was due him from defendant as *825current wages the sum of $53.98. Pearl Dobney, his widow, as administratrix, sued for this sum with interest.

The defendant admitted the employment and that said amount was due deceased for wages at the time of his death and admitted that plaintiff is the administratrix. Further answering, the defendant alleged that, at the time of her husband’s death, Pearl Dobney was in a hospital suffering from a severe gunshot wound and remained there for several days; that therefore one George E. Dobney,…