Chicago & Alton R. R. v. Kelly

Hr. Justice Wright

delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellee, as the administratrix of George J. Kelly, brought this suit against appellant for negligently causing the death of her intestate. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict and judgment against appellant for $5,000, from which it appeals to this court, assigning various errors upon the record, by which it seeks a reversal of the judgment. The principal errors urged upon the attention of this court, in the argument of counsel, are (1) that the facts do not warrant a recovery, and that the peremptory instruction to find for appellant,…