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SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. JONES

No. 12429.

228 F.2d 203 (1955)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Willie Sula Brown JONES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

December 17, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde W. Key, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant.

John H. Doughty, Knoxville, Tenn., Hodges & Doughty, Knoxville, Tenn., on brief, for appellee.

Before MARTIN, McALLISTER and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The widow of Ishmael C. Jones brought an action on behalf of herself and two minor children against the appellant Southern Railway Company for damages for its negligent acts in causing the death of her husband. The jury awarded her a verdict of $40,000 and the United States District Court entered judgment thereon for that amount.

The decedent, Jones, was killed on September 19, 1953. On that date, he was in the employ of Dunn Brothers...

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