Brant v. Wabash Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment entered on a verdict of a jury, in favor of the plaintiff, Clara Brant, Administratrix of the Estate of George W. Brant, deceased, against defendant, Wabash Railroad Company, in the sum of $88,500.00. It was a Federal Employers’ Liability action to recover damages by reason of the death of George W. Brant, and the only issue was the amount of damages, since liability was admitted.

On appeal in this Court, defendant contends that the verdict is grossly excessive, and that the excessive verdict resulted from the Trial Court’s erroneous exclusion of evidence…