Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Pedigo

Opinion by

WILLIAMS, C.

P. H. Pedigo. as administrator of the estate of B. R. Ped-igo, commenced his action for damages against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, and joined in the action Earl Humphreys, who was in the employ of the railway as a fireman at the time of the accident. The allegations of the petition charging negligence in causing the death of plaintiff’s decedent are, in substance:

First, that B. R. Pedigo, the deceased, was walking along on the railway track, where it had been the practice of persons to travel for a. long time; that the travel of pedestrians back…