Union Traction Co. v. Howard
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Hamilton Circuit Court; Meade Vestal, Special Judge. Action by Francis M. Howard, as administrator of the estate of Charles L. Howard, deceased, against the Union Traction Company of Indiana. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $2,000, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1908, cl. 2, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
Action by appellee against the appellant for the alleged negligent killing of the decedent. Errors are here assigned, and the claim presented, that the court erred in overruling the motion for judgment upon the answers to the interrogatories, and in overruling the motion for a new trial.
The complaint alleged, and the jury found in answer to the interrogatories, that the decedent was killed at the intersection of Twenty-seventh street and College avenue, in the city of Indianapolis, while crossing from the east side of College avenue to the west side of that street, the automobile which he was…
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