N.W. PACIFIC R. CO. v. BOBO

No. 163.

290 U.S. 499 (1934)

NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. BOBO, ADMINISTRATRIX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.H. Orrick was on the brief for petitioner.

Mr. Robert D. Duke was on the brief for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Claiming under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, respondent sued the petitioner in the Superior Court, Marin County, California, for damages consequent upon the death of her husband, Perry E. Bobo. She maintains that this was the proximate result of the Company's negligence while it employed him.

The complaint alleged —

That on February 4, 1930, the decedent Bobo was a tender of...

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