Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Stewart's Administratrix

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Turner

Reversing.

On September 5th, 1908, William H. Stewart, an engineer employed by appellant, while running a train from Paris, Tenn., to Bowling Green, Ky., was injured, and as result thereof died twenty-two days later from inflammation of the brain. Thereafter his wife qualified as administratrix, and instituted this action as personal representative seeking damages under the Employers’ Liability Act of April, 1908. The jury returned a verdict for $20,000, and from a judgment on that verdict this appeal is prosecuted.

Upon the occasion in question the train was…