ALABAMA SOUTHERN RY. v. THOMPSON

No. 58.

200 U.S. 206 (1906)

ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Colston, with whom Mr. Judson Harmon, Mr. A.W. Goldsmith, Mr. George Hoadly and Mr. Edmund F. Trabue were on the brief, for Alabama Great Southern Railway Company.

Mr. E.S. Daniels, Mr. J.V. Williams and Mr. John O. Benson for Thompson.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is here on a certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The certificate states the facts and propounds the questions as follows:

"This was an action in tort brought by the administrator of Florence James for the negligent killing of the intestate by the defendant railroad company.

"The suit was started in...

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