Engel v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Colby, District Judge.

This is an action brought in the district court for Lancaster county, prosecuted under the federal employers’ liability act by the legal representative of Adam Engel, deceased, who in his lifetime was a section foreman in appellant’s employ in the city of Lincoln, to recover damages because of the alleged negligent fatal injury of the said Adam Engel by appellant.

The amended petition, after alleging matters of jurisdiction, besides pleading the violation of an ordinance of the city of Lincoln restricting the speed of locomotives or trains to four miles an hour within the…