Shank v. Hamilton Found. & Mach. Co.

This was an action for damages for the wrongful death of Albert Longsdon. Longs-don had been employed by the defendant company in and about a sand conveyor. He received an injury which was claimed to have been caused by failure of the defendant to protect the sand conveyor, and from this injury he died. In the first trial plaintiff recovered a verdict of $3500. The trial court set that verdict aside, on the ground that it was against the weight of the evidence. The jury at the second trial returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. This action is prosecuted to reverse the second judgment,…