Gulf, M. & N. R. R. v. Jones

The appellees, as plaintiffs in the circuit court, brought suit against the appellant railroad company for the negligent killing* of Shad Jones, husband and father respectively of the plaintiffs. The cause was submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs for fourteen thousand dollars, upon which verdict judgment was entered by the circuit court, and from which judgment this appeal is here prosecuted.

At the conclusion of the introduction of all of the testimony the railroad company requested and was refused a peremptory instruction. This is one of the errors assigned…