Pennsylvania Co. v. Keane

This was an action on the case, against the Pennsylvania Company, brought by Nellie Keane, the appellee, as administratrix of Maurice Keane, her late husband, for wrongfully and negligently causing his death. There was verdict and judgment in the circuit court of Cook county against the appellant corporation for damages, and the judgment was affirmed in the Appellate Court.

It is claimed to be error that the trial court permitted appellee, when examined as a witness, to state, over the .objections of appellant, that the deceased was, at the time of his death, her sole support. The cases of…