Luckey v. Union Pacific Railroad

This is an action to recover $15,000 in damages for alleged negligence resulting in the death of Joseph Schmidt who left surviving him his dependent widow and six adult children. The administrator of decedent’s estate is plaintiff. The Union Pacific Railroad Company, Louis Hostreitter, T. B. Hord Grain Company and - Globe In*87demnity Company are defendants. For convenience the Union Pacific Railroad Company and the T. B. Hord Grain Company will be called respectively “railroad company” and “grain company.” Hostreitter was an employee of the railroad company and Schmidt was an employee of the…