Harwood v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

W. J. Harwood, the father of Otis E. Harwood, as administrator of the latter’s estate, brought this action against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company to recover damages for negligently causing the death of the decedent while the latter was in defendant’s employ. From the judgment of the district court overruling the defendant’s demurrer to the petition the latter appeals.

The petition was filed September 13, 1916, and the substance of its allegations was as follows: On January 14, 1914, the deceased, a boy fifteen years…