Riddle v. Southern Ry. Co.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This was a civil action instituted by the plaintiff, as administratrix of her deceased husband, Clyde Riddle (hereinafter called Riddle), against the Southern Railway Company and certain other defendants, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Riddle, the plaintiff's intestate. The action, originally instituted in a state court of North Carolina, was duly removed by the defendants to the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.

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