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HOLMES t'. ^REaON & ,Q4I^^|tNIA ET. 00. ^^35 �V. Manierre, 101 U.; B. 417 ; Deq^iflÇ^rfi,.J.~ WilU^ni^,^,^~.Ir>,i^ 453; Shroyer y. Richmond, 16 OJiio St.j465j. Jf^auze^^^.'-Hpi^. hnd, iOWis, 16;..Ga^er,\.JIenr.y, 5 Sawy. 23t,. .,, • �The decision pppn thiB,,plea is sufficient to 4isppsepf tjjp case in this court; b^tthe defenap^nt having also contepied it upon the merits, and the case heing fiable to ap fippeal, And to be considered in the appellate court upon t.baiD6rits,where the conclusions of the,4i^^'"°i W^ë^ upon the evidepce are to be j.'egarded,as jandings of ,f^ct drawn, nqt merely tiçgm readr ing the notes, of the wituesses' testimony, but a kno^syle^e pf the locus in quo,^&rxi a, carefjil observation of the mannei^!},nd appearançeQf tl^e ;^itQe8se8 -while undergoing exaijçi^natipnj-rrj circumstances whiçh .so Qften qualify, aijd sometimea contraT dict, thçir verb^,! statements, — ^I will proceed to dispo^ ,^f i&f^ remaining two ^[uestion^- in the case : (1) pid .tJi^jLpceaa^^ corne to his deajth by tlj^P wrongful act pr omission' of the de^ fendant, and ■^ithpu|i_eii|bst9.ntial fault on bis part ? and, (2,) if he did, wha^ dp,niages, ought his administratojr to : i^ecpyejr under the statutp thefefor ? > ', ..r.' : ,» . �. Upon the fij:|i,t point a brief.statement of Jthe factswiU spf- fice. On the inorning of November.l6, 18;78, Ihe'deee^sed, in .compa^y w^th his motber, brother, and t^O^half-sisters, left Salem for', Portland on tbe^.efendànt'^ rarilway, -which usuallyarrived p,t the depôt .on the.e'ast side of the 'Wallfl.n;içt river at' 4 o'clocli p. ji.> bijt o:p' this , occasion, w,|isdel^y(^d,at Oregon City about two hours by a freight.,tr^in,geiiting off the irack. The hight was, dark and -wet. The passengers, bag- gage, and mai^s were theij transferred tp the defendant's ferry -boat^ — the decea^ed ^.nd his faiijily .-walki.ng .froni the depôt to the boat^ a distance pf about 135 yards. The. boat was under the direction of a piiot, stationed in, the pilpt;:hD}iae, five or six fe,et aboye the level pf the deck, and about -?3,feet back of the ^pw. There\vç,8 oioly one light on d^ck,,ancl that ■was an, ordinary hand-lantern, carried by the ■v?ate|in},a]i, . j^e «nly employe on deck, . Thedeçk immediately in front, pftl^p pilot-house was about ,38 feet wid.e, and uppn .eitherr sidp there were railings running forward, ,abput 29 fe^t., 'Bet'Vieien ����