Tippecanoe Loan & Trust Co. v. Jester
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Superior Court of Tippecanoe County; James P. Wason, Special Judge. Action by Ella M. Jester against the Tippecanoe Loan and Trust Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, C. J.
This was an action for damages for personal injuries sustained by appellee by falling down an elevator shaft in an apartment house known as Columbia Plats in the city of Lafayette. The action was originally brought against appellant as agent, George Mohr, day elevator boy at the building, and John W. Barr, Jr., and ITenry W. Barret, owners of the building, as trustees. The action was dismissed as to Mohr, and the court sustained a plea in abatement by Barr and Barret for want of jurisdiction over their persons. The amended complaint upon which the cause went to trial, alleges that Barr and…
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