Knight v. Pontchartrain Railroad

The plaintiff, as administrator and tutor, brought suit,, claiming damages alleged to be due in consequence of the carelessness, of tlie defendant’s agents in causing the death of George F. Knight and. bis wife Euphemia, father and mother of the minors.

The answer was a general denial.

The cause was tried before a jury, who rendered a verdict iu favor of plaintiff for $12,000, and from the judgment entered thereon the defendant has appealed.

It appears from the plaintiff’s own testimony that on the day the accident occurred, Mr. and Mrs. Knight, with their four children and two servants, started…