Blake v. De Vilbiss Co.

It appearing that the appellant’s decedent filed an action in the court below in which he charged that while in the employ of the ■defendant, from September 3, 1928, to September 1, 1931, in the states of New York and Massachusetts, the defendant inflicted upon the plaintiff some 17 respiratory diseases and 7 or 8 organic diseases because of its negligence in failing to furnish the plaintiff with pure air to breathe, ■and because of other negligent omissions; and

It appearing that the District Court, concluding the petition not sufficiently definite or certain to apprise the defendant of the…