Payne v. Henry's Administrator

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Settle —

Affirming.

The appellee, George Henry, as administrator of the estate of Horace Henry, deceased, recovered in this action in the court below a verdict and judgment against the appellant, John Barton Payne, agent of the President of the United States, in control of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, of $3,000.00, in damages for the death of his intestate, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the railroad company and its agents and servants. The judgment, and refusal of a new trial to the appellant, resulted in this appeal.

Horace Henry, the de'cedent,…