Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Vincent

The plaintiff below, as administrator of his minor son, Joseph Vincent, recovered a verdict and judgment in the *320circuit court of Davidson county against the plaintiffs in error for the sum of $4,000, as damages for the alleged negligent killing of the deceased. John 0. Hayes, the engineer of the corporate defendant, was also sued, but the jury returned a verdict in his favor. The railroad company and Edward L. Schubert appealed, and have assigned errors.

The declaration contains three counts, and in the first count charges that the deceased Joseph Vincent had been employed by the defendant-…