Brabham v. Baltimore & O. R.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Parkersburg; Alston G. Dayton, Judge. Action by Leonard W. Brabham, administrator of Raymond H. Brabham, deceased, against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff for insufficient damages, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PRITCHARD, Circuit Judge.
This is an action in trespass on the case, brought under the federal Employers’ Liability Act for wrong*36ful death. On December 27, 1910, Raymond H. Brabham, an unmarried adult, a son of Leonard W. and Mary A. Brabham, was employed as a fireman on a locomotive drawing a train of freight cars on the Ohio River division of the defendant, in the state of West Virginia, and on that day was killed in a collision, which collision was the result of the negligence of the employés of the defendant, other than Raymond H. Brabham. After the death of Raymond H. Brabham, the father,…
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