Houghkirk v. President, Managers & Co. of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1883-04-17

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Finch, J. The jury in this case rendered a verdict of $5,000 as their estimate of damages resulting to the next of kin from the death of a little girl killed by a switch engine of the defendant. The evidence showed that she was about six years old; an only child; bright, intelligent, and healthy; and the daughter of a market gardener. This, and the circumstances of her death, constit…

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