Griffith v. Midland Valley Railroad
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Cowley district court; Oliver P. Fuller, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dawson, J[.:
The plaintiff is the administratrix of the estate of Elmer E. Griffith, who met his death while engaged as a bridge carpenter in the service of the defendant railway company, near Grainola, Oklahoma.
Plaintiff’s original petition alleged that she brought the action for the benefit of the surviving widow and two minor children of the deceased, and that the defendant was engaged in interstate commerce, and recited the incidents which brought about the death of Griffith while he was repairing one of the defendant’s railway bridges devoted to…
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