Cassida v. Oregon Railway & Navigation Co.

The appellant, as administrator of the estate of Mary Elizabeth Cassida, deceased, commenced an action against the respondent for causing her death. Tie alleged in his complaint that the respondent’s agents and employees, while running one of its trains of cars and locomotives upon its railroad which runs between Portland and The Dalles, and points beyond, carelessly and negligently, and with gross and wanton negligence, ran its said locomotive upon and over appellant’s said intestate. The respondent denied any negligence upon its part and alleged that the occurence happened in consequence of…