Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad v. Ball

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company obtained a judgment permanently enjoining Winifred Ball, administratrix, from prosecuting an action against the railroad company in Jasper county, Missouri. The defendant appeals.

David N. Ball, a fireman on the plaintiff’s passenger train, was killed near Erie, where the train was derailed. His wife was ap*746pointed administratrix of his estate, and she brought an action under the federal employer’s liability act, in Jasper county, Missouri, to recover damages for the death of her husband, which…