Potter v. Chicago & Northwestern Railroad

Tbe last decision of tbis court in this case, on a former appeal, established two propositions: First, tbat tbe jury were not limited, in estimating tbe pecuniary loss of tbe parents, to tbe value of tbe servicés of the child during her minority, but might give damages based upon a reasonable expectation of tbe parents of pecuniary benefit from the continuation of tbe child’s life after she should become *616of age. Second, that sucb reasonable expectation could not be taken for granted, or “ guessed at,” by the jury, but must be shown to have been warranted by the evidence. And the judgment was…