Legal Opinion
Thornburg v. American Strawboard Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 1895No. 17,345PublishedCited by 41 opinions
From the Howard Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
Appellant brought this action against appellee, under section 266, R. S. 1881, section 267, R. S. 1894, to recover for the death of Charles O. Tonly, a minor.
This section provides that “A father (or, in case of. *444his death or desertion of his family or imprisonment, the mother) may maintain an action for the injury or death, of a child, and a guardian for the injury or death of his ward.”
To this complaint appellee filed a demurrer for want of facts, which was sustained and judgment rendered against appellant.
The only error assigned is that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Indianapolis, Pittsburg, & Cleveland Railroad v. Keely's AdministratorIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
- St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. NeedhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. GoodykoontzIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- The AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Stewart v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Niosi v. AielloDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Collins v. BairIndiana Supreme Court · 1969
- Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Lipham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Selvage v. TalbottIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
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