Ecliff v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.

The plaintiff brought suit for damages for the negligent killing of her son, a boy 12 years of age. The jury were directed by the court below to find a verdict for the defendant.

The plaintiff’s intestate, and another boy, Edward Deidrich, rode on a freight train of defendant to Delray, waited around there until the train was ready to return to Detroit, and then they climbed upon the freight car next to the engine, with the intention of riding back to the city. They remained on the top of this car some time; but, on account of the sparks flying back upon them from the smoke-stack of the…