SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. KING

Nos. 140, 141.

217 U.S. 524 (1910)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. JOSEPHINE KING. SAME v. INEZ KING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Strickland, with whom Mr. A.P. Thom and Mr. Hamilton McWhorter were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Reuben R. Arnold for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases were tried together in the Circuit Court and were so considered in the Circuit Court of Appeals, and will be so disposed of here. In No. 140, Josephine King brought her suit in the Superior Court of Habersham County, Georgia, to recover $10,000 against the Southern Railway Company for the wrongful death of her husband, killed while riding in a buggy at a crossing...

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