Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Heaton

The appellee filed his complaint against the appellant in the court below, claiming damages alleged to have been received by him while engaged as engineer on one of appellant’s trains, by reason of the derailment of his train, due to a misplaced switch, caused by a defective switch-lock.

The appellant moved the court to require the appellee to make his complaint more specific in three respects, which motion was sustained as to the first two specifications, and overruled as to the third.

A demurrer to the complaint having then been overruled, the appellant answered in general denial.

The cause…