Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Sutton

Shortly before daylight on the morning of July 24, 1935, the dead body of Jim Sutton was found on the track of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, between the stations of Anderson and Sherwood in Franklin county, Tenn. Before and at the time of his death, Jim Sutton was a resident of Franklin county, and his brother, Ulis Sutton, was appointed and qualified as administrator of his estate, and on August, 3, 1935, as such administrator, instituted an action against the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, in the Circuit Court of Franklin County, for $30,000 as damages,…