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William Thomas Holbrook

Apr 1874 – 4 Jan 1913

BirthApr 1874
Death4 Jan 1913
CemeteryBaker Cemetery
Dungannon , Scott County , Virginia , USA
Added byDianne Houston Rogers on 08 Jul 2010
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54661825

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The World-News, Roanoke, Virginia Friday, May 30, 1913, page 3 Tazewell Woman Sues Mrs Sarah E Holbrook, administratrix, sues the Norfolk & Western for $40,000 damages. The claim is based on the death of her husband W T Holbrook, killed near Pando, W Va, Jan 4, 1913, while employed as a bridge carpenter... Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, West Virginia Wednesday, January 6, 1915, page 6 Washington, Jan 5. - The supreme court today set aside a judgment of the fourth federal circuit court which awarded to Sarah E Holbrook and five children $25,000 for the alleged negligent killing near Pando, W Va, of their husband and father, a bridge carpenter on the Norfolk and Western railway. The trial court had instructed the jury that little children were entitled to greater damages than adult dependents. "We think the juries of the country should be taken as having some common sense," declared Justice McKenna, in dissenting for himself and Justices Day and Hughes. He declared the majority of the court has picked out a few words and lost sight of the fact that the jury was told in other portions of the charge than no award was to be given for loss of love and affection. "Would anyone deny the loss of little children in the death of their father is greater than that of adult dependents?" he inquired.

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