LAWRENCE v. WHITE


362 S.W.2d 464 (1962)

Corene White LAWRENCE v. Bertha WHITE.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hodges, Doughty & Carson, Knoxville, for petitioner.

Porter & Porter, Edward F. Hurd, Newport, for respondent.


DYER, Justice.

This suit involves the proper distribution of money paid in settlement of a claim for wrongful death of an employee under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, Title 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. (hereinafter referred to as the "Federal Act," or "Act").

The facts are not in dispute. Lem White an employee of the Southern Railway was killed in a railroad accident on December 21, 1956. His widow, Bertha White qualified as Administratrix of the...

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