Robbins v. Pennsylvania Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. Action by Mary A. Robbins, administratrix of Henry H. Robbins, deceased, against the Pennsylvania Company and another. Judgment for defendant company, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by an administratrix against the Pennsylvania Company to recover damages for alleged negligence in causing the death of Henry J. Robbins. By an amended petition the charge of negligence was made jointly against both the Pennsylvania Company and its engine driver, John Dang, who was in charge of the locomotive through which decedent received his injuries. Lang made separate answer, admitting that he was operating *437the engine at the time of the injuries, but denying the negligence charged against him, and alleging distinct acts of negligence on the…
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