Gulf, M. N.R.R. Co. v. Collins

This suit was instituted, by the appellee, Mrs. Ella Collins, administratrix of the estate of her husband, C. PI. Collins, against the appellant, the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad Company, for the death of her said husband, who was an employee of said railroad company, and from a verdict and judgment in favor of the appellee for the sum of seven thousand, six hundred eighty dollars this appeal was prosecuted.

The declaration was in two counts, both based upon the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 USCA, sections 51-59; U. S. Comp. St., sections 8657-8665). The. first count, after making…