Crabtree v. Kurn

BARRETT, C.

Ruth Crabtree was awarded a judgment against the trustees of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company for the death of her husband, Russell .Crabtree, and the definitive question is whether the facts proved constitute a violation of Section 2 of the Safety Appliance Act. (45 U. S. C. A., Sec. 2.)

Crabtree was a brakeman on a local- freight train between Fort Scott, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. On his thirteenth trip he was billed during a switching movement-at Lenexa, Kansas. The. substantial facts relied upon and which the jury could and did reasonably find are as follows:…