Sheard v. Oregon Electric Railway Co.

The plaintiff, a widow, brought this action against the defendant for the loss of consortium of her husband whose injury and subsequent death, she alleged, occurred through the negligence of the defendant. A demurrer to the complaint predicated upon the contention that that pleading did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, was sustained by the circuit court, and judgment for the defendant was thereafter entered when the plaintiff declined to plead further. She then appealed. Previously, the plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, had…