Fawcett v. Railway Co.

delivered tbe opinion of the Court.

Motion to dismiss this appeal because plaintiffs in error were nonresidents of this State, and as such were not entitled to bring this case into this court in forma paniperis.

Section 3192 of the Code of 1858 (the same being section 4928 of Shannon’s Code) permitted the prosecution of suits on pauper’s oath. While this section was construed to include both residents and nonresidents, it was held that an administrator was not entitled to its benefits. But by chapter 133, p. 313, of the Acts of 1897, the legislature permitted an administrator to prosecute suits…