St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Bates

Appellee’s intestate, Marion E. Bates, was killed while working in the service of appellant at Sapnlpa, in the State of Oklahoma, and this action was instituted, to recover damages sustained by the widow and next of kin of the decedent on account of such death, which, it is alleged, was caused by the negligence of other servants of appellant in the operation of a turntable. There was a trial of the cause before a jury, which resulted in a verdict in favor of appellee for recovery of damages.

Bates was employed as a hostler’s helper at the turntable, his immediate superior being J. T. Horn, the…