In Re the Estate of Barr

On December 30, 1919, Harry Barr, employed in interstate commerce by the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, left Pocatello as the fireman on a freight engine and suffered injuries at American Falls from which he died. On petition of his father and mother, residents of the state of Arkansas, the probate court of Power county, Idaho, appointed E. J. Rogers, of American Falls, Power county, administrator, July 19, 1920.

Thereafter Rogers, as administrator, a personal representative being necessary, instituted an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act against the Director-General of…