Boyd v. Richie

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice BeEasE.

It appears from the record that on or about March 28, 1914, one Jason Boyd, an employee of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, was killed in a wreck as a result of the negligence of his employer. He left surviving him a widow and a small son. The widow, Matilda Boyd, administered on the estate of her deceased husband, the Probate Court requiring her to execute a bond in the sum of $100, which was signed by one L. A. Richie, the defendant in the present case, as surety. Thereafter, as such administratrix, Mrs. Boyd brought an…