Jones v. Yeager

(charging jury). 1. The plaintiff is the widow of John Jones, deceased, and as such brings this action under the statute of Missouri (Gen. St. Mo. 1865, c. 147), to recover from the defendant damages for the death of her husband, on the 7th day of August, 1871, caused, as she alleges, by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of the defendant as hereinafter mentioned. That the boilers in the mill of the defendant, where the plaintiff’s husband was employed in the capacity of a- fireman, exploded on the day last named, and that the explosion caused his instantaneous death, are facts respecting…