Ward v. Denver & R. G. W. R.

Mamie Ward sued the defendant railroad company as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, E. T. Ward, to recover damages for his death. At the time, he was engaged in switching some cars, and, it is alleged, was thrown from one of them, run over and killed. The employment was in interstate commerce, and the action is brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. § 51 et seq. Plaintiff had judgment and defendant appeals.

The accident occurred in defendant’s “Roper” yards in Salt Lake County, Utah, at about 2:30’ o’clock a. m. on November 19, 1936. One of the…