Florida East Coast Railroad v. Schumacher

— In an action for personal injuries to the wife caused by the running of a railroad train the verdict and judgment awarded $800.00, .to the husband for expenses incurred on account of the injury to the wife and' also $8200.00, to the wife. It is conceded that the latter amount included punitive damages, and this is as signed and urged as error.

The statute authorizes the recovery of compensation “for any damage done to persons, stock or other property, by the running of” a railroad company’s train. Allegations in the declaration that the railroad company, through its servants and agents, was…