Holmes v. Pere Marquette Rd. Co.

Howard L. Holmes, a railway switchman employed in the yards of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company in the city of Toledo, sustained injuries on January 6, 1924, while in the performance of his duties as such switchman. He was, at the time, riding on the footboard of a switch engine when the footboard struck a pile of frozen cinders and the injuries resulted in his death. Lena Thompson Holmes was appointed executrix of the estate of the decedent and began an action for damages for wrongful death against the railroad company in the court of Common Pleas of Lucas county. In her petition she…