Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Hines

This is an action under the statute by the appellee, for the death of her husband, John Hines, by the alleged negligence of the appellants. He was a night switchman employed by them, and was killed about ten o’clock on the night of May 6, 1887. There was a demurrer to the declaration, which the records show was overruled on motion of the appellee. They afterward moved in arrest of judgment, and now allege as error that the declaration is insufficient in not alleging knowledge by the appellants, and want of knowledge by the deceased, of the defects which are alleged to have been the cause of…