Pennsylvania Co. v. Hankey

This is an action brought by Hankey, appellee, against the Pennsylvania Company, appellant, to recover damages for an injury suffered by him, and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant. That corporation was operating the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne and Chicago Railroad.

Appellee was in the service of appellant as a brakeman on freight trains. At the time of the disaster appellee, as such brakeman, was preparing to couple an engine and tender to a train of empty cars then standing on a side track at or near Englewood. This side track consisted of ties and rails laid upon a graded…