Cook v. City of Beatrice

Plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of Robert Cook, brought this action against defendant, a municipal corporation, to recover damages sustained by the death of plaintiff’s intestate, a boy approximately eight years of age. At the *306close of the testimony the court instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of defendant. The jury complied with the instruction. A judgment was entered on the verdict, and plaintiff brings this appeal.

On and prior to the day on which the boy met with the fatal accident, defendant owned and operated an electric plant in the city of Beatrice, from which…