Neidlein v. Southern Pacific Co.

Francis J. Neidlein, a switch-tender in the employ of defendant, was killed while working in defendant’s freight-yard at Sacramento by being crushed between two cars. He left surviving him as his sole heir at law his mother, Catherine Neidlein. She was appointed adminis tratrix of his estate, and upon the theory that at the time of the accident the deceased was engaged as the employee of defendant in interstate commerce, a matter not disputed, brought this action as such administratrix, alleging negligence on the part of defendant proximately causing the death. At the trial, the case for the…