Railroad v. Spence
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM MADISON. Appeal in error from Circuit Court of Madison County. Levi S. Woods, J.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlister, J.
The plaintiff below, Mrs. Ella Spence, brought this suit to recover damages for the killing of her husband, which she alleges was occasioned by the negligence of the railroad company. The plaintiff’s intestate, W. G. Spence, at, the time of the accident, was a fireman on a freight-train going north from Jackson, which collided with a south-bound passenger-train a few miles above Oakfield, and in the collision Spence sustained personal injuries from which he died in about one hour. The passenger-train was coming south, and was designated on the time-table as No. 3. The freight - train was…
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