Collett v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad

-Mrs. A. E. Collett filed suit against the defendant railroad company, asking for damages on account of the death of her husband, alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation of one of its passenger-trains. Petitioner’s action as amended was stated in two counts. The first count, after making the usual allegations as to jurisdiction, alleged that the “husband of the petitioner was struck and killed by a locomotive and train being operated, and belonging to the defendant,” and that the accident occurred on May 21, 1933, “at or near four o’clock a. m. at night;” that “husband of…