Throgmorton v. Oliver

delivered tire opinion of the Court.

A. W. Oliver met his death in an accident in November, 1917, under circumstances which rendered the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and others liable to his statutory beneficiaries. His widow qualified as administratrix of her husband’s estate and made a compromise with the railroad company and others liable, whereby they paid her $7,500 on account of her husband’s death. The deceased also left three children surviving him.

The widow made a settlement with the county court in which she was allowed to retain certain expenses, and $2,000 of this fund…