Baltimore & Ohio South Western Railroad v. Then

Appellee, ag administrator of the estate of his deceased daughter, brought this suit under the statute, to recover damages for the death of his intestate, caused, as averred in the declaration, by the negligence1 of appellant’s servants in charge of its passenger train, in operating the same in the city of East St. Louis, at a greater rate of speed than ten miles an hour, in violation of the city ordinance, and without causing the bell on the engine to be rung, as required by another ordinance of said city. Defendant pleaded the general issue, a trial was had, the jury found defendant guilty…