Giles v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages for the death of his minor child which he alleges was caused by negligence of defendant. The answer in legal effect is a. general denial. A trial to a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of two thousand dollars and the cause is here on the appeal of defendant. The main question presented by the briefs and arguments of counsel is whether the evidence in its phase most favorable to plaintiff was sufficient to take the case to the jury on issues of fact raised by the pleadings.

Samuel Giles, a young man nineteen years old, was killed…