Crotty v. Virginian Railway Co.

Hatcher, Judge:

The plaintiff is administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband. The defendant railway company is engaged in interstate commerce. Plaintiff brings this action under the Federal Safety Appliance Act to recover damages for her husband’s death which occurred while he was engaged in the performance of his duties as passenger engineer on a train of the defendant. He was killed in a head-on collision between his train, in motion, and a stationary freight train. Plaintiff charges that the collision was due to defective brakes on his train. She recovered a verdict, which was set…