Worley v. Cincinnati, Hamilton, & Dayton Railroad

The plaintiff states in his petition, that in August last his wife, without any fault or negligence on her part, but through the carelessness of the defendants’ servants, was struck by the cars under their charge, while the same were running on the road track, and immediately killed. He further charges, that he has thereby been deprived of her services as a wife in the care of his children, and the management of his household affairs; that those services were worth at least $500 per annum, to which amount he is injured; that he has lost her comfort, fellowship, and society; that at the time…