Louisvile & Nashville Railroad v. Bryant's Administrator

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

Affirming.'

This action instituted pursuant to the provisions of the Employers’ Liability Act of the state of Indiana, to recover damages for the death of Holland Bryant, employed as a guard by the railroad company in its yards, at Howell, Indiana, in July, 1922, resulted in a verdict and judgment for $1,800.00 in favor of the administrator for the use and benefit of Biyant’s dependent father and mother. He was only twenty-three years of age and unmarried at the time of his death. His father and mother were his nearest of kin, and under the law of the state…