St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Dennis

This suit was brought by R. B. Dennis, as administrator of the estate of Benjamin Dennis, deceased, against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, to recover damages for killing Benjamin Dennis, under the Homicide Act (Code 1907, § 5696), which occurred about November 10, 1921. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and, from a judgment thereon by the court, the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

This cause was submitted to the jury on two counts, numbered 2 and 4: The former charged wanton negligence, and the latter subsequent negligence, and the only plea to these…