Southern Ry. Co. v. Sanders

This appeal presents an attack on Chapter 70, of the Public Acts of 1949, which undertakes to legitimate natural children whose parents marry after their birth.

In the course of his employment by the Southern Railway, Booker T. Sanders, husband of Defendant Ann T. Sanders, was killed. His widoAv and children sought compensation under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U. S. C. A. Section 51 et seep, in the Federal Court at Memphis. Some of the children of Booker T. and Sarah Ann Sanders, who were born prior to their marriage, asserted legitimacy under the provisions of Chapter 70, Public…