Carney v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The plaintiff brought this suit to recover the statutory penalty for the alleged wrongful death of his wife Rose Carney, and of his infant son Lawrence Carney, who were killed on August 25, 1925, at the station of defendant in the town of Turney, Clinton County, as a result of being struck by an engine owned by defendant railway company and operated by defendant Davidson as engineer. Plaintiff had a verdict on the first count of his petition in the sum of $8,000 for the death of his wife, and a verdict in the sum of $5,000 on the second count for the death of his child. The questions raised…