Edelbrock v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.

Plaintiff’s intestate, Mrs. Edelbrock, died April 19, 1921, from burns received 15 days before in an explosion caused by the alleged negligence of defendant and its servants. This action to recover damages sustained by her husband and minor children was instituted in April the next year'. The original complaint, in addition to the allegations that death was caused by defendant’s negligence in furnishing the deceased with gasolene instead of kerosene for fuel, alleged that she was in the employ of defendant as a cook for a bridge crew and was engaged in interstate commerce as was defendant at…