Paxton's Adm'x v. Kentucky & Indiana Terminal R.

Opinion of tijb Court by

Judge Harris

Affirming.

This is an action by Annie Crockett Paxton, administratrix of the estate of her deceased son, William Hendrick Paxton, to recover damages for the death of her intestate. The only question presented on this appeal is -that of the correctness of the lower court’s action in peremptorily instructing the jury to find a verdict in favor of the defendant at the close of all the evidence.

The Eord, Bacon & Davis Company was engaged in the construction of ,a huge synthetic rubber plant, a thirty-five million dollar project, in Jefferson county. To obtain…