KINGINS v. HURT


344 S.W.2d 811 (1961)

Carl B. KINGINS, as Administrator of the Estate of Valeria Byrd, Deceased, Appellant, v. Buford HURT, as Administrator of the Estate of Willard Byrd, Deceased, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nat Ryan Hughes, Murray, for appellant.

George E. Overbey, Murray, for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

Willard Byrd and his wife, Valeria, were fatally injured on October 21, 1957, when an automobile driven by him and in which she was riding as a passenger collided with a railroad locomotive. On August 26, 1958, the administrator of Valeria Byrd's estate accepted $1,000 from the railroad company and executed a release as follows:

"Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company "No._________________...

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