Faulkner's Administrator v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Clarke

Affirming.

The only question for decision upon this appeal is whether the cause of action conferred by section 6 of Kentucky Statutes upon an administrator for the death of his intestate from negligence, is barred by limitation under section 2516 of the Statutes, in one year from the death of the intestate as held by the lower court, or in one year from the qualification of the administrator as contended by the appellant.

This precise question was decided by this court in Carden’s Admr. v. L. & N. R. R. Co., 101 Ky. 113, and L. & N. R. Co. v. Simrall’s Admr.,…