Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Rush

On the 21st day of September, 1887, the appellee’s daughter, then nearly seven years of age, was stfuck and killed by appellant’s train of cars, at Monon, Indiana. The appellee brought this suit, and recovered a judgment for damages. From this judgment the appellant appeals, assigns, and discusses three alleged errors. The first is that the court erred in giving the following instructions to the jury:

“ In estimating the plaintiff’s damages the jury may consider the condition of his family at the time of the alleged accident, and take into account all the services that his child, alleged to…