SWIFT v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 576.

132 F.Supp. 394 (1955)

Prudie SWIFT, Administratrix of the Estate of Hayward Swift, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, Owensboro Division.

June 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. D. Bratcher, Greenville, Ky., for plaintiff.

Thomas E. Sandidge, Owensboro, Ky., Otto C. Martin, Hartford, Ky., for defendant.


SWINFORD, Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Prudie Swift, administratrix of the estate of Hayward Swift, against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to recover damages for his wrongful death. The case was tried without the intervention of a jury and submitted to the court for findings on both law and fact.

Hayward Swift was born in Ohio County, Kentucky, on September 22, 1936. On October 18, 1952, twenty-six days after he had passed his...

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