Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad v. White

This was an action by appellee as the administratrix of the estate of John White, deceased, against the railroad corporation, appellant, to recover damages for negligence of the servants of the latter in the running of a switch engine against or over said White, December 19, 1883* causing an injury, as it is alleged, of which he died. On a trial the plaintiff had judgment for $4,000 damages, and the defendant prosecutes this appeal.

The accident occurred in the morning of the above mentioned day. The weather was severely cold. The place was about- fifty feet north of the crossing of the…