Sullivan v. Union Pacific Railroad

2 F. 447 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska | 1880

McCrary, C. J.,

{orally.) This is an action for damages by a father, who seeks to recover from the railroad company by reason of negligence in causing the death of a minor son. There is a demurrer to the petition.

The supremo court have decided in a recent case that there ean be no such recovery in the absence of a statute.

The demurrer will be sustained.