Chesapeake Ohio Railway Company v. Daniels

Opinion of the 'Court by

Commissioner Hobson

— Reversing.

This is an action by appellee to recover of the railroad company damages for the loss of the life of his intestate, Mrs. Brilla Daniels. Upon the first trial of the case there was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,000. On the appeal to this court the judgment was reversed, the opinion concluding with the words: ‘ ‘ Moreover, it must'be remembered that the protection of life and limb is the main object of the law, and not the allowance of damages, except as a means to that end. Construed in this light the rule, even as…