Haynes v. Walker

Defendant, as the administrator of Caroline B. Walker, recovered a judgment against the Knoxville Traction Company for $2,000 for the negligent killing of said Caroline B. Walker. The defendant, Jas. W. Walker, is the only child of the deceased, and the complainants are the children of a deceased daughter, Lucie A. Haynes. The defendant, Jas. W. Walker, as the only child of the deceased, claims a right to this fund to the exclusion of the complainants, the children of the deceased daughter.

The chancellor was of the opinion that the complainants, as the children of the deceased daughter, were…