Balch v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad

Plaintiff recovered a verdict of $4,000 against the defendant for negligently causing the death of Henry B. Balch, under a charge of the circuit judge to the jury, relative to the measure of damages, as follows:

“ Now, you cannot tell, of course, in relation to that, — you cannot say with absolute certainty, — you cannot look ahead a moment. A man this moment in the prime and flush of health may the next moment be struck with the shaft of death, and pass out of existence. There has been evidence *395introduced here in relation to the expectancy of life. Now, this much is true; that, while we…