Augusta & Summerville Railroad v. Peacock
Supreme Court of Georgia
Administrators and executors. Before Judge Bartlett. Richmond Superior Court. October term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
The defendant in error, Peacock, applied for letters of administration on the estate of a child two years old, his nephew, who was killed by the Augusta and Summerville Railroad Company, alleging that the child had personal property in the county of Richmond. The railroad company objected on the ground that the deceased left no creditors in Georgia, nor any property at all, and that deceased was killed by the road *147without negligence; that the entire estate of deceased consisted of a claim for damages for this homicide, and that the administrator would have no cause of action…
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