Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Bushey

Appellee, administratrix of the estate of George M. Bushey, deceased, brought this suit under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U. S. C. A. §§ 51-59) against appellant in the circuit court of Poinsett County, to recover damages in the sum of $75,000 for the benefit of herself and minor son, Marion F. ’Bushey, on account of the injury and death of her husband, a railroad engineer in the employment of appellant at the time, through its alleged negligence in allowing the railroad track, about three and one-half miles north of MoGehee, to become so unsafe that it failed to support the…