Tremelling v. Southern Pac. Co.

This action was instituted by plaintiff to recover damages for the death of her husband, Claude J. Tremelling, who at the time of his death was in the employment of defendant as a brakeman on one of its railroad trains. The defendant was operating an interstate railroad between Ogden, Utah, and Montello, Nev., and the action was brought under the pro visions of the federal Employers’ Liability Act of April 22, 1908 (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665). The death of deceased occurred on December 9, 1915, and the action was commenced in the district court of Salt Lake county, Utah, in June, 1916. The…