Murphy v. Province

Appellant’s husband, W. T. Murphy, was a locomotive engineer, engaged in railroad service on the line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, then under government control, and while in such service and working in the line of his duty at Cotter, Arkansas, he received personal injuries from which death ensued.

Appellant and her husband resided in Baxter County, Arkansas, and letters of administration were issued to her upon the estate of said decedent, and she instituted an action in the circuit court of Pulaski County against the Director General of Railroads to recover damages on account of…