Griffith v. Gardner

[521]

DOUGLAS, J.

Maherva Griffith brought this, suit for damages for the déath of her- husband, an employee of the Alton Railroad Company, who was killed by an Alton. train in the Kansas City Union Station. She sued under the Federal Employers’.Liability Act, and recovered judgment for $15;000. She joined as defendants the trustee of the Alton Railroad,.and the Kansas City Terminal Railway which owns the Kansas City' Union Station and the railroad tracks serving it. The Alton enters the station'over the Terminal’s tracks as its lessee -or licensee-. The judgment was against both defendants.…