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LOUISVILLE & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD v. CLARKE

No. 191.

152 U.S. 230 (1894)

LOUISVILLE, EVANSVILLE, AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY v. CLARKE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey for plaintiff in error. Mr. John E. Iglehart and Mr. Edwin Taylor were with him on the brief.

Mr. W.H.H. Miller, (with whom were Mr. Ferd. Winter and Mr. John B. Elam on the brief,) for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought April 28, 1888, by the executor of Augustine Clarke, whose death, the plaintiff alleged, was caused by the wrongful act and omission of the defendant, the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Railroad Company, a carrier of passengers for hire. The gist of the action is the negligence of the company, its...

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