Matheny v. Illinois Central Railroad

Appellee railroad’s freight train collided with a fire truck driven by Curtis Matheny, while he was answering a fire alarm in a city fire truck. The collision occurred at a crossing in the City of Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, Matheny was killed, and this action was brought in the Circuit Court of Copiah County by appellant as the widow of the deceased, for herself and for the benefit of their two minor children, under the wrongful death statute. Miss. Code 1942, Sec. 1453. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff-appellant in the amount of $10,000. Defendants do not appeal. Mrs.…