Pennsylvania Rd. Co. v. Lindahl

For the sake of brevity and clearness, the respective plaintiffs in error will be called the railroad and Cook, and the defendant in error’s decedent will be called Lindahl, throughout the course of this opinion. The plaintiff’s petition alleged three grounds of negligence against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. These grounds are as follows :

“Plaintiff says that decedent’s death was caused by the joint and combined negligence of the defendants, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and Ralph Cook, Jr., in this, to wit: That the said Pennsylvania Railroad Company at the time aforesaid was…