HUGHES v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 11644.

462 P.2d 879 (1969)

Bernice S. HUGHES, Administratrix of Estate of Edward Arthur Hughes, Deceased, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 30, 1969.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gough, Booth, Shanahan & Johnson, Cordell Johnson, argued, Edwin S. Booth, appeared, Helena, Weber, Bosch & Kuhr, Havre, for appellant.

Robert D. Morrison, argued, Havre, A.G. Shone, appeared, Butte, for respondent.


CASTLES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $65,000. The action was filed in Hill County by a railway employee against the employer under the Federal Employers' Liability Act or F.E.L.A., 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq.

Hughes, the employee, was a long time employee of Great Northern Railway Company, having been employed by it since 1932 at the age of 17. He became a machinist in 1937.

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