St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Martin

Appellee’s intestate, B. C. Martin, while working in the service of appellant, was crushed between two freight cars in the Pine Bluff yards, and was fatally wounded. He lived about thirty-six hours after the injury, and suffered great pain. He left a widow and children, and this is an action against appellant, instituted by the administrator of the decedent’s estate, to recover under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act. It is conceded that the injury to decedent occurred while working for appellant in interstate commerce, and that, if liability on the part of appellant exists at all, it…