Helen Eades, Administratrix of the Estate of Joe Carroll Eades v. Union Railway Company, and Third-Party v. Swift & Company, Third-Party

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court that the Union Railway Company is entitled to indemnification by Swift & Company for the damages awarded to Helen Eades in a suit brought by her against the railroad for negligently causing the death of her husband.

Mr. Eades was crushed to death between the Union train and the wall of a Swift feed mill. The clearance between the track and the wall was particularly narrow, and Swift and Union had enter-er into an agreement which provided as follows:

6. Shipper shall not erect or maintain, or allow to be erected or maintained, any building,…