Payne v. Crawford

The plaintiff in the court below, suing as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, recovered a judgment against John Barton Payne, the federal Agent, liquidating causes of action arising out of federal control of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad, on the 30th day of November, 1920, for the death of Harry F. Crawford, who was a switchman employed and at his post of duty in the operation of said railroad on the occasion and at the time of his death.

Mr. Crawford came to his death by being precipitated or falling from the top of a freight car, a part of a moving train, while he…