Youngblood v. Southern Ry. Co.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Stabrer.

This action for damages was commenced in May, 1924, by the plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Cleveland J. Youngblood, deceased, for the alleged wrongful death of her intestate. The undisputed facts show that on the morning of January 3, 1924, Youngblood, who was a train conductor in the employ of the defendants, received fatal injuries resulting from a head-on collision of two of the defendants’ trains, about three miles west of the City of Orangeburg. The action was brought and tried under the Federal Employers’…