St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Simpson

Appellee’s intestate, A. E. Simpson, was, at the time of bis death, 56 years old, and bad been in the employ of appellant thirty years as an engineer. On August 2, 1930, be was directed by appellant to run engine 775, known as Extra 775, a freight train, from the Pine Bluff, Arkansas, shops to the Texarkana, Arkansas, yards. Before leaving Pine Bluff the conductor and engineer were each given order No. 104, the material part of which is as follows: “Eng. 775 run extra Pine Bluff shops to Texarkana yards, has right over No. 18 Eng. unknown Pine Bluff shops to cross over McNeil.” This being an…