Northwestern Pacific Railroad v. Bobo

Claiming under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, respondent sued the petitioner in the Superior Court, Marin County, California, for damages consequent upon the death of her husband, Perry E. Bobo. She maintains that this was the proximate result of the Company’s negligence while it employed him.

The complaint alleged—

That on February 4, 1930, the decedent Bobo was a tender of the bridge at Grand View, California, a portion of petitioner’s road; “ it was part of said deceased’s duties as such bridge tender to uncouple the tracks and connections on- said bridge, work the semaphore signals…