Regan v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.

This is an action under sections 12 and 13, ch. 135, Tay. Stats., for the wrongful and negligent killing of the plaintiff’s intestate by the servants of the defendant corporation. On demurrer, the complaint was held bad as not stating a cause of action. The specific objection taken and relied on in this court is, that no facts are set forth in the complaint which show that the beneficiaries designated in the statute have sustained any pecuniary injury by the death of the intestate. It is insisted by the ingenious counsel for the defendant, that in actions of this nature it is essential to…