Lowden v. Larson

This is an action for wrongful death, brought by plaintiff Larson, as administrator of the estate of Kit Barley Brewer, deceased, against defendants as Trustees of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. The trial court overruled defendants’ motion for an instructed verdict, and submitted the case to the jury, and from judgment rendered on a verdict for plaintiff defendants appeal.

The facts, as established by the evidence, are that plaintiff’s decedent, Brewer, was employed in the water service department of defendants as water service mechanic. He had been an employee of the…