Mulvaney v. New York Central Railroad Co.

Plaintiffs’ decedent with one Kegley in the latter’s car driven by him were struck at a country crossing in Indiana by a passenger train of defendant Pere Marquette Railway Company running-over the line of defendant New York Central Railroad Company. Kegley was instantly killed and decedent so seriously injured that he survived but a few hours. The accident occurred about 4 o’clock in the afternoon of August 24, 1923. Decedent’s home was in Eaton county and this action was brought there although plaintiffs’ declaration counts on liability under the laws of Indiana. While the declaration…