Dugdale v. St. Joseph Railway, Light, Heat & Power Co.

Plaintiff, as the father and only-living parent of Matthew Dugdale, an unmarried boy not quite thirteen years old, brought this suit under section 5427, Eevised Statutes, 1909, for the wrongful death of his son alleged to have been caused by obstructions placed and maintained by defendant in a public street of the city of St. Joseph: He recovered judgment in the sum of $7500 and defendant has appealed.

The defendant, under a franchise from the city, operated a line of double track electric street railway south along and in the center of Lake avenue to its intersection with Alabama avenue and…