Legal Opinion

Holder v. Railroad

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1892PublishedCited by 11 opinions

PROM FRANKLIN. Appeal from 'Chancery Court of Erankliu County. T. M. McConnell, Ch.

1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.

This cause comes up on bill and demurrer.

Complainants allege that ~W. E. Holder, while in the employment of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company as an operative on one of its trains, was killed by and through the negligence of said company; that he left surviving him a widow and five children; that, before the filing of the bill, the widow, for' the sum of $1,250, compromised and settled the statutory cause of action accruing to her and the children against said railroad company, for the wrongful killing of the husband and father; that the railroad company *143Rad paid the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Webb v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1889
  2. Railway Co. v. LillyTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
  3. Railroad v. PittTennessee Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Felton v. SpiroCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1897
  2. Foot v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1900
  3. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. GipeIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Parmley v. Pleasant Valley Coal Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Millican v. Home Stores, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1954

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