Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Renfro's Admr.

*591Opinion op the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

In July, 1908, William Renfro, a colored man, while a passenger on one of appellant’s trains, was shot and killed in the compartment set aside for colored passengers, by Carlo Jones, a white man, also a passenger who went from the compartment for white passengers into the compartment for colored passengers. This action was brought by the administrator of Renfro to recover damages for his death, the ground of the action being that the appellant company subjected itself to liability for the death of Renfro by permitting, through its employes, Jones…