Bennett v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Mr. Presiding Justice Friend

delivered the opinion of the court.,On May 9, 1943 John Henry Deck and Fee Deck, his wife, both of whom resided in Hoopeston, Vermilion county, Illinois, came to their deaths at or near Hoopeston as a result of a crossing accident in which their automobile and a Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company train were involved. Thereafter, on May 26,1943, petitions for letters of administration were filed in each estate in the probate court of Vermilion county, and on June 18 Ernest Deck, the brother of John Henry Deck, was appointed administrator of the estates of…