Danis v. New York Central Rd.

Prom the record, the single question presented is whether the trial court committed reversible error in directing a verdict for defendant after it was shown that the only next of kin of Julia Dianiska, who had sustained pecuniary loss by reason of her death, had died prior to the trial of the action.

Sections 10509-166 and 10509-167, General Code (Sections 2125.01 and 2125.02, Revised Code), are so familiar to the bench and bar of Ohio that it hardly seems necessary to quote them. The first section gives an independent right of action for the death of a person by reason of the wrongful act,…