Carnego v. Crescent Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. — Hon. John F. Talbott, Judge. Action by a parent for the expenses and loss of services of a minor son, killed, as is alleged, by the negligent act of the defendant. From judgment against it, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
1. Infants : wrongiui death: recovery of burial expenses. The facts are sufficiently stated in Carnego v. Crescent Coal Company, 163 Iowa, 194, where the action was by the administrator of the estate of the deceased. In this action the father sought to recover for expenses of burial and loss of services, to which Would have been entitled had his son lived until he attained majority. Appellant first contends that there can be no recovery in such a ease for funeral expenses. At the common law it was the duty of the father to inter his child upon death decently and to defray the necessary…
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