Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Pearcy

This action was brought by the appellee, administratrix of the estate of David L. Pearcy, deceased, against the appellant, to recover damages occasioned by the death of said deceased, who, at the time of the accident which it is alleged caused his death, was a brakeman upon one of the appellant’s freight trains.

There was a trial before a jury and a general verdict returned in favor of the appellee, and with their general verdict the jury also returned answers to interrogatories submitted to them.

The appellant filed a motion for judgment in its favor on the answers to interrogatories,…