Deman v. Illinois Central Railroad

On January 8, 1937, plaintiff, as administratrix of the estate of Adolph Deman, deceased, obtained judgment against defendant for the sum of $9,000, upon the verdict of a jury, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. In the declaration filed on November 7, 1930, it is charged that on October 3, 1930, the day plaintiff’s intestate met his death, defendant was a railroad corporation, employed in interstate commerce, and that the decedent, while in the employ of defendant and while engaged in work in connection with interstate commerce, through the negligence of defendant, was killed.

While…