Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad v. Schmidt

This is an action by the appellee to recover damages for the alleged negligence of appellant, which resulted in her sustaining serious personal injuries. There was a special verdict, and upon the facts found the trial court awarded appellee a judgment. On July 5,1890, the time of the accident, appellee, who was about seventeen years of age, accompanied by her brother, who was fifteen years old, and also by another boy of the age of fourteen years, was riding in a light spring wagon, taking flowers to market in the city of Indianapolis. At a point on East street, a public street in said city,…