East St. Louis Connecting Railway Co. v. Eggmann

This is an action on the case by appellee, as administrator of Joseph F. Rowland, deceased, against appellant, for negligently causing the death of his intestate, under the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of chapter 70 of the Revised Statutes. Upon a trial in the city court of East St. Louis the plaintiff recovered a judgment for §3500 and costs of suit. On appeal to the Appellate Court for the Fourth District that judgment was affirmed, and the defendant below now prosecutes this further appeal.

The declaration charges that while the deceased was in defendant’s employ as a carpenter,…