Patterson v. New Orleans Great Northern R.

Plaintiff sues, as the widow of Samuel Patterson, a fireman in the employ of the defendant company, who lost his life whilst in the discharge of his duties, to recover damages, such as he might have been entitled to and as she has sustained, in consequence of his injuries and death. She alleges that, whilst the engine upon which her husband was employed was running, on the main line of the defendant’s road, through no fault of his, it ran off the track and turned over, with the result that he was badly scalded, and, after lingering in torture for a few days, died. She further alleges that the…