Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. v. Riddle

This suit was instituted by Mrs. Riddle as administratrix of the estate of J. A. Riddle, deceased, against appellant, seeking to recover damages under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665) occasioned by her husband, J. A. Riddle, being killed while in the employ of appellant. It was an admitted fact that at the time of the injury the appellant and the deceased, Riddle, were engaged in interstate commerce and that the deceased was in appellant’s employ.

At the time the deceased was killed he had been sent by the foreman in charge of the road bridge gang to stopvall…