Williamson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

— Action under the Federal Employers’ Liability and Safety Appliance Acts to recover damages for the widow and minor child of Rushton E. Halbert who was injured at two a. m. and died at nine a. M. on February 27, 1930, while working as a switchman for defendant in its railroad yard at Memphis, Tennessee.

The petition charged a violation of the Safety Appliance Act with reference to automatic couplings, and further charged that said violation was the proximate cause of the death of Halbert. The answer was a general denial. Judgment for plaintiff for. $25,000. Defendant appealed.

Defendant…