Hanna v. Jeffersonville Railroad

This was- a suit by the appellant against the appellee. The only- question is, whether the court below erred in sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.

The suit was by an- administrator, to recover, under the statute (2 G-. & H. 330, sec. 784), for the injuries resulting to the intestate, in 1864, whereby his life was lost. He was a resident of Maryland, and a passenger on the defendant’s railroad, and injured by the. carelessness of its servants. He died in April, 1864; administration of his estate was granted in Maryland, in August, 1867; and the suit was hot commenced until' Eebruary, 1868.

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