Hobart v. Illinois Cent. R.

SHIRAS, District Judge.

This action was brought originally in the district court of Cherokee county, Iowa, by the plaintiff, as administrator of the estate of George O. Parker, deceased; the cause of action alleged being that Parker, while employed as brakem.au by the defendant corporation, met Ms death at Doran Station, in the state of Illinois, being run over by the cars when engaged in coupling the same; it being averred that the accident was due to the negligence of the railway company in not furnishing proper coupling pins, and in leaving the frogs at the switch in bad condition. To this…