Adams v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

Action in damages for the negligent killing of plaintiff’s wife and infant son. The petition was in two counts. Trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in plaintiff’s favor on the first count, assessing liis damages for the death of his child at the sum of $8,000, and on the second count, in a like sum for the death of his wife. After unsuccessfully moving for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, defendant was granted an appeal to this court.

The first contention of defendant is that the trial court should have sustained its demurrer to the evidence because plaintiff’s cause of action, as…