Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Newton's Administrator

This action was brought by the administrator of William W. Newton, deceased, to recover of the defendant company damages for its alleged negligence in causing the' death of the plaintiff’s intestate. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for $10,000 against the defendant company, which this writ of error brings under review.

*262Considering the evidence, as must be done in this court, from the standpoint of a demurrer thereto, the following facts appear to be established: The decedent, a young man twenty-two years of age, was engaged with others, as an employee of the defendant, in painting…