Pyles v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

Walter Pyles, the engineer of an incoming extra freight train, was killed in a collision with a switch engine, attached to a number of box cars, at work in the yards of the Santa Fe company, at South Winfield. Under the federal employer’s liability act his widow recovered a judgment for $12,000 against the company, and it appeals.

The- defendant maintains that the accident was the result solely of the negligence of the decedent in passing the yard limits without having his train under control, contrary to the rules of the company. The petition…