Brazil & Chicago Coal Co. v. Cain

This was a suit by the appellee, Bridget Cain, to recover damages for the death of her infant son occasioned, as alleged, by the appellant’s negligence. The cause was put at issue and tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned for the appellee, assessing her damages in the sum of $1,000; and, over the appellant’s motion for a new trial, judgment was rendered on the verdict.

In this court, the appellant has assigned, as errors, the following decisions of the trial court:

1. In overruling its demurrer to appellee’s complaint;

2. In sustaining appellee’s demurrer to the second paragraph of its…