Williams v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

FRANK W. WILSON, District Judge.

The plaintiff seeks to recover under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for the alleged negligent death of W. G. Snyder in the course of his employment as a fireman upon one of the defendant’s trains. The action is brought by the plaintiff in his capacity as administrator ad litem of the estate of W. G. Snyder, and the complaint alleges that it is brought for the benefit of six minor children of the deceased. It is alleged in the complaint that a settlement of the claim of the widow, Betty Snyder, had been made by the defendant, that no claim is made,…