NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. v. HOLBROOK

No. 516.

235 U.S. 625 (1915)

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. HOLBROOK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F. Markoe Rivinus, with whom Mr. Theodore W. Reath was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William H. Werth for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

W.T. Holbrook, a bridge carpenter, aged thirty-eight and employed by plaintiff in error at a wage of $2.75 per day, was killed by a passing train while at his work in McDowell County, West Virginia, January 4, 1913. He left a widow, thirty-two years old, and five children of one, four, seven, eleven, and fourteen years. The widow qualified as administratrix and instituted...

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