New York, Lake Erie & Western R. R. v. Siegfried

This is a proceeding in error to reverse a judgment rendered in a case wherein Henry Siegfried was plaintiff, and the railroad company was defendant brought to recover for personal injuries received by him while in the service of the company, on its road.

_ The injury was received in February, 1886, and this action was not brought until 1891, and was, therefore, barred by the statuté of limitations, unless saved by some exception thereto.

To remove this bar, if was alleged in the petition that a prior action had been commenced in January, 1890, in the same court, against the defendant, on the…