Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Thompson

The complaint of the appellee seeks a recovery for the death of Andrew Eichler, which is alleged to-have been caused by the negligence of the appellant. It is-charged that the appellee’s intestate was a passenger on one of the appellant’s trains; that because of the negligence of the appellant in constructing and maintaining the bridge-across Blue river, the train went down into the river and Andrew Eichler was killed.

We agree with appellant’s counsel that it must appear from the complaint that the death resulted from the negligent aets charged, for we understand it to be settled law that it…