Jeffersonville Railroad v. Hendricks' Administrator

Suit by Cornelius Hendricks, as administrator of Rebecca Hendricks, deceased, against The Jefferson-ville Railroad Company, for causing the death of said Rebecca, whilst a passenger on one of the trains of said company, by the negligence and want of care of its agents and servants, having chax-ge of the tx’ain.

The defendant filed an answer under oath, alleging that the plaintiff was a foreign administrator, appointed under the laws "of Kentucky in Fayette county of that State, and *229not by any clerk or court in the State of Indiana, and that he had not before ‘the commencement of the suit, nor…