Johnson's Administrator v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

JUDGE LEWIS

DELIVERED THE OPINION OR THE COURT.

This is an action for damages .brought against appellee, the Louisville' and Nashville Railroad Company, by appellant, administrator of the estate of Henry Johnson, deceased, who, it is alleged in the petition, was,' by the negligence of the agents and servants of appellee, struck and killed by a moving train of cars while he was crossing the railroad track.

Upon the conclusion of the evidence offered upon the trial by the plaintiff in the action, the court instructed the jury to find for the defendant, and the action of the court in giving that…