Keel, Adm'r. v. Seaboard Air Line Ry.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

The plaintiff’s intestate, J. O. Walker, Jr., received personal injuries resulting in his death several hours thereafter in a collision between the automobile in which he was riding and a freight train of the defendant at a public street crossing in the Town of Estill.

The administrator first brought an action under Lord Campbell’s Act, which resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Upon appeal the judgment was affirmed by this Court. 108 S. C., 390; 95 S. E., 64.

Thereafter the administrator brought this action under what is known as…