Humphreys v. Davis

Plaintiff’s intestate, John W. Scheidegger, while employed in interstate commerce by the Director General of Railroads, was run over and killed by a locomotive on February 12, 1920, at the cinder pit in the yard of the Oregon'Short Line Railroad at Kemmerer, 'Wyo. This action was brought by. his representative to recover damages for his death, under the federal Employers’ Liability Act (U. S. Comp. St. §§ 8657-8665).

The deceased was 23 years old, and had been employed as an ash pit man for three months next previous to his death. The cinder pit, where the accident occurred is described as a…