Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Co. v. Levinston

Irvine, C.

This was an action by Rosa Levinston, as administratrix of her husband, Karl Levinston, deceased, to recover for injuries causing the death of the decedent. The plaintiff in error operates a line of street railway between and through the cities of Omaha, Nebraska, and Council Bluffs, Iowa. It is conceded that Karl Levinston was on the night of May 1, 1890, a passenger on one of the trains of the railway company, boarding the train in Council Bluffs and being transported to Omaha. The train consisted of a closed motor car and an open trailer. After the train crossed Tenth street, in…