Rosney v. Erie R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The action was brought by the plaintiff, as widow of John H. Rosney, to recover damages for his death which *312occurred at 6:40 o’clock on the morning of December 27, ,1901, at East Honesdale, Pa., while he was in the employ of the defendant as fireman, by reason of a head-on collision between his engine and another engine belonging to the defendant. The engine on which Rosney was employed (No. 1,314) was engaged in hauling a train of 55 or 60 empty coal cars from Hawley to East Honesdale under orders directing that the engine “run extra” between these places. So far as…
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