Huntzicker's Admr. v. Pennsylvania R.

Opinion by

Judge Lewis :

Appellant brought this action to recover for the destruction of his intestate’s life by the alleged wilful neglect of the servants and agents of appellee.

It appears from the evidence that the decedent, who was at the time 77 years of age, lost his life by being run over by a train composed of an engine and three freight cars belonging to appellee, in attempting to cross the railway track where it intersected a public thoroughfare in the city of Louisville, called High street.

Upon the trial the jury in response to quetsions submitted to them in writing by the court,…