M'Coullough v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — IIon. Charles E. Albrook, Judge. This is an action for damages brought under the provisions of the Employer’s Liability Act enacted by Congress. The action was brought by the administrator in behalf of the parents of the deceased. There ivas a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant has appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The decedent was an unmarried adult twenty-five years of age. He left surviving him a father and mother fifty-three and fifty-four years of age, respectively. He was *527an employee of the' defendant company, and as such was engaged at the time of the accident resulting in his death in interstate commerce. He was the forward brakeman on his train, and was at his proper place upon the engine while the train was running between stations, when a side bar of the drive wheel was suddenly broken. The revolving piece tore the cab of the engine where the decedent was sitting, and inflicted injury upon…
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