Yazoo M.V.R. Co. v. Barringer

* Headnotes 1. Death, 17 C.J., section 141; 2. Death, 17 C.J., section 197; 3. Death, 17 C.J., section 190. Charlie Dalton was struck and killed by one of the appellant's trains while its employees in charge thereof were violating section 4047, Code of 1906, Hemingway's Code, section 6671, and this is a suit by his administrator for the recovery of damages therefor.

Dalton left neither wife, parent, child, brother, nor sister surviving him; the suit being brought for the benefit of other collateral relatives and for the payment of any debts he might have owed. The declaration does not allege…