RIVAL v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO.

No. 6050.

306 P.2d 648 (1957)

62 N.M. 159

Gregorita RIVAL, Administratrix of the Estate of Filemon Rival, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

January 22, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan G. Johnson, Richard G. Cooper, Albuquerque, for appellant.

Lorenzo A. Chavez, Arturo G. Ortega, Albuquerque, for appellee.


KIKER, Justice.

Plaintiff's intestate was a man 26 years of age, a common laborer. A considerable portion of his working life had been spent in doing labor for farmers and ranchers. At times he had worked for the Santa Fe Railroad, as he was doing on the occasion when and where, the complaint charges, his death should be attributable to negligence on the part of that company.

He had been in the armed forces of the United States for a period of about two years...

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