New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Ostman

Appellee commenced this action in the lower court to recover damages of appellant,arising out of the death of her decedent, Charles Ostman, by reason of the alleged negligence of the railroad company. The deceased was the husband of appellee, and the fatal accident which resulted in his death, occurred on April 8, 1891, at Burr Oak, a station on appellant’s line of railway. There was a special verdict returned by the jury, upon which the court rendered its judgment, in favor of the appellee, for $4,000.00, the amount assessed by the jury. Among the errors assigned by the appellant is one…