Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R. v. Clark

— The action was by the appellee against the appellant for causing the death of William Spaulding, the appellee suing as administrator of the estate of the deceased.

The complaint is in two paragraphs.

In both paragraphs it is shown that on the 30th day of January, 1878, the said William Spaulding was travelling in his wagon, drawn by two horses, along a public highway leading from the Cumberland road, in Hendricks County, Indiana, to the town of Danville, in the same county, which highway is known as the “Danville and Cartersburg. Gravel Road,” and crosses defendant’s railroad in the midst of…