Webb v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway Co.

Andeeson, J.:

This is an action against the defendant for negligently *18causing the death of plaintiffs decedent, a car inspector and repairer in its employ, while engaged in assisting a brakeman in coupling a car that was out of repair to another car, by means of a chain, in order that the broken car might be set out on a side track for repairs. The case was tried before' a jury, which rendered a verdict for plaintiff for $4,995. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was overruled, and it appealed from the order overruling the motion, and from the judgment. At the trial, counsel for…