Klingensmith v. Scioto Valley Traction Co.

The parties to this proceeding stand in the same relation to each other here as they did in the court below, where the plaintiffs in-, stituted this action for damages for the death of their decedent, which death they claimed was occasioned by various acts of negligence on the part of the defendant, the traction company. At the close of the plaintiffs’ evidence in the trial court, and on motion of the traction company, the court directed a verdict in favor of the latter, and this action constitutes the main error complained of here.

The plaintiffs offered evidence tending to prove the…