Chandler v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad

This is an action, under the Gen. Sts. of Conn,

of 1888, §§ 1008, 1009, brought by the administratrix of the estate of Henry E. Chandler, who at the time of his death had his domicil in this Commonwealth, and who was killed in Connecticut while a brakeman on the road of the defendant. It was held in Higgins v. Central New England & Western Railroad, 155 Mass. 176, that an administrator appointed in this Commonwealth could under such circumstances bring an action here.

The first question which has been argued is whether under these sections it is incumbent upon the plaintiff to show that her…