MATHENY v. ILLINOIS CENT. RR. CO.

No. 40967.

235 Miss. 173 (1959)

108 So.2d 589

MATHENY v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, et al.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henley, Jones & Henley, Hazlehurst; Heidelberg, Woodliff, Castle & Franks, Jackson, for appellant.

Byrd, Wise & Smith, Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, J.

Appellee railroad's freight train collided with a fire truck driven by Curtis Matheny, while he was answering a fire alarm in a city fire truck. The collision occurred at a crossing in the City of Columbia, Marion County, Mississippi, Matheny was killed, and this action was brought in the Circuit Court of Copiah County by appellant as the widow of the deceased, for herself and for the benefit of their two minor...

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