Southern Ry. Co. v. McKinney
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama; William I. Grubb, Judge. Action at law by Buena Dill McKinney, Nola Dill Shurbet, and Allen Dill, suing for the use of Buena Dill McKinney and Nola Dill, Shurbet, against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge.
A suit was brought in a state court of Georgia, by Buena Dill and Nola Dill, minors, by their next friend, Allen Dill, and by Allen Dill individually, jointly, against the Southern Railway Company, for the unlawful death of Clementine Dill, the mother of said minors and wife of said Allen Dill, and removed to the United States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia at Atlanta. The state statute creates a right of action, jointly, in the husband and children. On April 11, 1907, a joint judgment in favor of plaintiffs for $6,500 was recovered. The amount of the…
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