Durkee v. Illinois Cent. R.

SHIRAS, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this case is the administratrix of the estate of Charles H. Durkee, deceased, and in that capacity she brought this action in the district court of Cherokee county, Iowa, against the defendant railway companies, to recover damages for tlie death of said Durkee, it being alleged that while in the employ of the defendants as a brakeman, and while engaged in coupling cars upon a train operated by the defendants, he was caught and crushed between the cars, it being further averred that the accident was due to the negligence of the defendants. The Illinois…