Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Anderson
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON Appeal from the Circuit Court of Davidson County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— Thos. E. Matthews, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Green
W. M. Richardson, an employee of the plaintiff in error, was killed while in its service in the Atlanta yards June 9, 1908.
On June 23, 1908, W. B. Anderson, who had qualified as administrator of the deceased, brought suit for his death in the circuit court of Davidson county, Tenn. The deceased left a widow and an infant child.
*670The declaration as originally filed was founded on the Georgia statutes regulating the right of recovery for wrongful death. It was alleged in the declaration that the deceased was an inexperienced employee put to do dangerous work without any training or instruc- ■…
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