St. Louis - S. F. Ry. Co. v. Starkweather

RILEY. J.

The judgment below was in the amount of $10,000 and based upon the wrongful death of Clarence R. Starkweather, an employee of the railway company. Employer and employee were engaged in interstate commerce. Plaintiff below was the administratrix of the estate of deceased, Clarence Starkweather. On April 16, 1926, the deceased was engaged in the performance of his duties as a brakeman on defendant’s freight train running through Okmul-gee, Beggs, Preston, and Henryetta, Okla.

The train of defendant on said date, when It reached Okmulgee, had as a part of it •an empty gondola car located…