Williams v. Hines

This action was brought by the administrator .of the estate of Charlie Morton Yeal against the director general of railroads to recover damages sustained by the widow of said Veal, whose death it is alleged was caused by the negligent act of the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $7,000. Defendant appeals.

It appears that, while Mr. Yeal was employed as a brakeman upon one of the interstate passenger trains of the *12Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, he sustained a fracture of his collar hone and several minor bruises upon his head and body…