Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Mills

Laura A. Mills sued the Chicago, Rock Island and. Pacific Railway Company, under section 422 of the Civil Code, for damages resulting from the death of Edward R. Mills, in Doniphan County, this State, caused by the negligent operation of the defendant’s trains. She entitled the case in her name as “administratrix of the estate of Edward R. Mills,” but, in the body of her petition, she described herself as the widow of said Mills, and, also, as administratrix of his estate under letters of administration issued by the Probate Court of Buchanan County, Missouri. She averred, also, that, “by…