Atchison v. De Sedillo
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico; Wm. H. Pope, Judge. Action by Josefita G. De Sedillo against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
YOUMANS, District Judge.
Defendant in error recovered judgment against the railway company for the killing of her husband, Rafael L. De Sedillo, by the alleged .negligent operation of an engine and cars at Albuquerque, N. M. The railway company denied negligence, and alleged that the death of De Sedillo was attributable to his own negligence, and that he was intoxicated at the time he was struck by the cars of the railway company.
Some time after midnight on the 24th of March, 1912, De Sedillo left a saloon in Albuquerque. His body was found about 4 o’clock in the morning of that day upon the…
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