Proctor v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Turner, Commissioner

Affirming on original and cross appeals.

In November, 1911, Claude Strange, an employe of tbe L. & N. Railroad, was killed in an accident, and shortly thereafter bis widow employed appellant, a practicing lawyer, to bring and prosecute an action for damages against the railroad company.

Tbe widow subsequently qualified as. administratrix, and thereafter appellant did institute such snit in tbe *332Logan circuit court, and on the trial in that court plaintiff was awarded a verdict for $15,000.00 damages, upon which judgment was entered. But the railroad…