Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Slaughter
Indiana Supreme Court
From Clark Circuit Court; Harry C. Montgomery, Judge. Action by William P. Slaughter against the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $500, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.
According to appellee’s complaint, appellant carelessly and negligently left within the traveled way of a farm crossing, and as an obstruction to the free use of the same, a hand-car, having upon it tools, tin dinner buckets, and clothing, and, as a result of the negligence charged, one of the animals—a mule—composing the team which appellee was driving along said way and across said track, became frightened at the hand-car and ran away, throwing appellee out of his wagon and injuring him. Appellant, having been defeated in the trial court, prosecutes this appeal, and by its first assignment…
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