Schaff v. Perdue

In March, 1921, J. O. Perdue, an engineer in the service of the plaintiff in error, was killed by the explosion of the boiler of the locomotive he was operating. His widow later qualified as administratrix, and brought this suit to recover the damages resulting from his death. The ground of the recovery is that the plaintiff in error ha’d not complied with the federal statute requiring carriers engaged in interstate commerce to furnish safe boilers; that he had not complied with the rules and regulations adopted and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission in not keeping this boiler in…