Wilson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Defendant was a common carrier of freight by railroad.. Plaintiff’s intestate, while in the employ of defendant as brakeman, and while employed in interstate commerce, lost his life through its alleged negligence. This action is to recover the damages thereby sustained by his surviving wife and children.

The facts of the ease are those which plaintiff’s evidence tended to establish; the defendant on its part offered no countervailing evidence, but rested on its demurrer at the close of plaintiff’s case in chief.

On the 28th day of December, 1923, employees of defendant were engaged at Leadanna,…