Favre v. Louisville N.R. Co.

Griffith, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.. J. E. Still was, at the time of his death, a resident of Nashville, Tenn. He had never resided in Mississippi. He was killed at Wales, Tenn., while employed by appellee railroad company in interstate transportation. It was stated before us in the oral argument by appellant that the decedent had no personal property in Mississippi at the time of his death, other than the cause of action for his alleged wrongful death under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, which belongs to an administrator. Appellant Favre, the circuit clerk of Hancock…