St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Lowrance
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Bryan County; Jesse M. Hatchett, Judge. Action by Mattie M. Lowrance, adminis-tratrix of the estate of E. S. Lowrance, deceased, against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtKane, J.
This was an action for damages for wrongful death under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (Act April 22, 1908, e. 149, 35 Stat. 65 [U. S. Comp. St. 1916, §§ S657-S665]), commenced by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, against the plaintiff in error, defendant below. Upon trial to a jury there was la verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000, upon which judgment was duly entered, to reverse which this proceeding in error was commenced.
The deceased, E. B. Lowrance, at the time of his death, was a passenger conductor in the employ of the defendant railway company running between…
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