Faulkner v. New York Central Railroad

This is an appeal by the defendant, The New York Central Railroad Company, from a judgment in the sum of $7,500 in an action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, brought by plaintiff, as administratrix, for the death of her husband, Clyde M. Faulkner, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant.

The negligence charged against the defendant is that the engineer of the defendant negligently operated one of its passenger engines and thereby caused Faulkner’s death. Faulkner was a switchman employed by the defendant and had been working for the defendant about eight…