Ambrose v. Western Maryland Railway Co.

WINGERD, P. J.,

Helen Ambrose, administratrix of the estate of Robert Y. Ambrose, her deceased husband, brought this action in trespass against the Western Maryland Railway Company on July 27, 1946. The statement of claim filed on September 16, 1946, which alleges that decedent brought no suit in his lifetime, shows that the suit’ is intended to include two causes of action. First, a true action for wrongful death to recover the pecuniary loss of the spouse, etc., suffered by reason of death of decedent. This action is brought under the Act of April 15, 1851, P. L. 669, sec. 19, 12 PS §1601;…