Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Turner
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Harrison Circuit Court; C. W. Cook, Judge. Action by Mary E. Turner, administratrix of the estate of George F. Turner, deceased, against the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRoby, J.
The appellee administratrix sued appellant for damages on account of the death of her husband. The averment in her complaint is that the decedent was crossing appellant’s railroad at a highway crossing; that the crossing was enveloped in a dense fog; that before going on the track decedent stopped, looked, and listened, and' neither saw nor heard a train; that while he was on the crossing a train was run over it at fifty miles an hour, without warning of its approach, and decedent was thereby killed. Answer in general denial. Trial; verdict for $6,000, with answers to interrogatories. Motions…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- City of South Bend v. TurnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
- Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad v. ButlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Malott v. HawkinsIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
- Smith v. Wabash RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. ConoyerIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
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