Chapman v. United States Express Co.

The plaintiff died on March 14, 1914, from injuries which he received upon October Í6,1912, while in the employ of the United States Express Company, the defendant herein. This action, instituted by him in his lifetime, was revived after his death in the name of his widow as administratrix of his estate. The defendant was, at the time of the accident, so far as this case is concerned, a common carrier by railroad engaged in interstate commerce within the *656intent and meaning of the Federal employers’ liability act of 1908 (chapter 149, 35 U. S. Stat. 65, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1913, §§ 8657-8665).…