Legal Opinion

Close v. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 24, 1898No. 18,888PublishedCited by 17 opinions

From the Scott Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

McCabe, J

The appellant sued the appellee in a complaint of three paragraphs, to recover for a personal injury to a minor, at the crossing of appellee’s railway by a public highway, caused, as is alleged, by the negligence of appellee.

The appellee filed certain interrogatories to the appellant, which were answered by him. Upon these interrogatories and their answers appellee moved to reject the complaint, on the ground that said complaint was false, and, therefore, a sham pleading, according to section 386, Burns’ R. S. 1894 (383, R. S. 1881). The circuit court sustained said motion, rejected…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Kesler v. MyersIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Colee v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Douglass v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Kimball v. LoomisIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
  5. City of New Albany v. Iron Substructure Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Board of Commissioners v. GibsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Pennsylvania Co. v. EbaughIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Allen v. HollingsheadIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Patterson v. State BankIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. First Trust & Savings BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1926

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