Froman v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Janie Pearl Froman, administratrix of Robert E. Froman, deceased, brought an action against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company for $10,000 damages for negligently causing the death of her intestate. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $7,500, subject to the judgment of the court on the defendant’s demurrer to the evidence. The court sustained the demurrer and entered judgment for the defendant. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

*152The plaintiff’s intestate, Robert E. Froman, was in the employ of the defendant company as field brakeman on its Fulton yards,…