Pennsylvania Co. v. Whitcomb

Millard Spurlin was in the service of the appellant as a brakeman, and was killed while engaged in the line of his duty, in coupling cars.

The complaint of the appellee, who sues as the administrator of Spurlin, alleges, among other things, that, “The defendant carelessly, negligently and contrary to its duty, had in its use and control on said railway at Lewis Creek Station, Shelby county, Indiana, two freight cars which were unsafe and unsuitable in their construction in the manner following, to wit: That through the heavy beam across one of said cars there projected a large iron rod for the…