Limb v. Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Graves, J.:

About March 28, 1900, David Limb, a. boy about sixteen years of age, was run over and killed by. the cars of the defendant in error, at the town of Scammon, in Cherokee county, Kansas. Joseph Limb and Annie Limb, the parents of the deceased, brought, this action, August 3, 1900, in the district court of that, county, to recover damages suffered by them on account of the loss of their son. At the trial a demurrer to the evidence was sustained, and a judgment entered for the defendant: The plaintiffs excepted, and bring the case here,…