Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co. v. Briscoe
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern. E'istrict of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. Action at law by Catherine Briscoe, administratrix of the estate of Jickson Briscoe, deceased, against the Philadelphia & Reading Rail-w ay Company. Judgment for plaintiff (274 Fed. 476), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
This suit was brought by Catherine Brísele, plaintiff below, for the death of her husband, Jackson Briscoe, under the federal Employer’s Fiability Act (Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665), *681as administratrix, on behalf of herself and three children, Iiva, Mable, and Helen, aged 6, 10, and 12 years, respectively, at the time of his death. He was employed as a brakeman by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company on one of its freight trains, engaged in interstate commerce. On November 2, 1920, train No. 58, of whose crew Briscoe was a member, came from. Tamaqua to the borough of…
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