Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Kirk

There is involved in this record but a single question, the solution of which depends upon the law applicable to the following facts: Eastward from the city of Indianapolis for some miles, the lines of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis and the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railways lie parallel, and a few feet distant from each other. On the 25th day of August, 1882, Dennis Cronin was a section foreman in the service of the former, and Richard Kirk was, at the same time, in like service for the latter. Each had control of a “ crew,” a hand-car and the requisite tools for…