Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Lincoln Trust Co., Admr.

This is an action by the Lincoln Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Herman Bauermeister, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the city of Fort Wayne, to recover damages for the death of said decedent because of the alleged negligence on the part of said defendants in the maintenance of a so-called dual connection or “by-pass” between a system of waterworks of the railroad, maintained by it for its individual use, and the city, in maintaining its system for the purpose of furnishing water to consumers. A demurrer to the complaint was filed by each defendant and overruled.…