Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad v. Williford
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County.— J. P. Young, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beard
This suit was brought by the administrator of one Owen to recover damages in the interest of certain statutory beneficiaries against several railroads, constituting what is called in the record the “Frisco System,” for inflicting, as is alleged in the declaration, by actionable negligence, injuries on his intestate which soon after resulted in his death. On the trial of the case there was a verdict and judgment for $6,500 against the defendants, and they have prosecuted an appeal, in the nature of a writ of error, to this court.
It is disclosed in the record that the deceased lived in *111Mississip…
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