Fowler v. Crilly

This writ of error is prosecuted by the administrator of the estate of Margaret T. Beard, deceased, to reverse a judgment in favor of the defendant in error, D. F. Crilly, in a suit in case by the former against the latter for damages for wrongfully causing the death of his intestate. The judgment was entered upon a directed verdict at the close of the evidence for plaintiff in error, and the sole question here is as to whether or not the court erred in refusing to allow the cause to be submitted to the jury.

The facts proved on the trial are, in substance, that defendant in error owned a…