Richter v. East St. Louis & S. Ry. Co.

PARIS» District Judge.

Defendant demurs, for that (a) this action cannot be maintained in this court by the administrator under the law of Missouri, as applied to the facts set out in the petition; and (b) because the facts pleaded are not sufficient to constitute any cause of action against defendant.

These facts are few and simple. Plaintiff’s decedent, a resident and citizen of Missouri in her lifetime, was killed in the state of Illinois, as it is said, by the negligence of the defendant’s servants, employees and agents. Plaintiff was duly appointed administrator of her estate in Missouri,…