Green v. Hudson River Railroad

This case involves but a single proposition. It is whether an action can be maintained by a husband for damages arising from the instantaneous killing of his wife by the negligence of the defendants.

The case comes up on demurrer to the complaint for not stating facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.

The complaint states, that the wife became a passenger on the defendants’ cars; the legal obligation to carry her safely ; that she was killed, while a passenger, by the carelessness of the agents of the company, whereby the plaintiff lost the comfort and assistance of his wife in his…