Dodson v. Southern Railway Co.

W. H. Dodson, as administrator of the estate of Edgar Samuel Waddell, brought suit against the Southern Railway Company for damages on account of the homicide of the deceased which was alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in operating its train within the City of Rome. It was alleged that at the time of his death the deceased was twenty years of age, unmarried; that his mother was not in life; that his father was living but not dependent upon the deceased for support; that the plaintiff was the uncle of the deceased, dependent upon him for support, and had received…