George v. Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad

On the 7th of November, 1907, Andrew P. George, a brakeman on appellant’s road, having switched, out of his train, a car from the main line to the house track at defendant’s station in Kirksville, was engaged in reconpling the two separated portions of the train, from which the car had been switched, when his foot caught in an unblocked frog where he was working, and, as a result thereof, he was run over ,and instantly killed.

He was an unmarried man, over 21 years of age, living with his mother, and having several brothers and sisters.

The plaintiff is his administrator, and in this action…