Hoepfner v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.

BROWN, District Judge.

This action was commenced by the Ad-ministratrix of the Estate of Mathias Hoepfner, deceased, against the defendant to recover of it damages for injuries which it is alleged the deceased received while in the employ of the defendant, he having survived his injuries for an appreciable length of time, and to recover on behalf of the widow and children the damage they sustained by reason of his death as the result of the negligence.

The action was brought in the State court. The complaint contains two causes of action. In the first cause of action it is alleged that at the…