Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. Jones' Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Hurt.

Reversing.

This action was instituted by the- appellee, the administrator of George Jones, deceased, against the appellant, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company, to recover of appellant damages for al*12lege’d negligently running, one of its trains against Jones and causing his death. The action was brought and the recovery sought under the provisions of the Federal Employers ’ Liability Act. At the time he was struck by the engine of the train and killed, Jones was an employee of the appellant, and was engaged, along with others, under the…