Reid v. Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Fayette Circuit Court; Raymond S. Springer, Judge. Action by Pettis A. Reid, administrator of the estate of Gilvie L. Coddington, deceased, against the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEnloe, P. J.
Action by appellant, as administrator of the estate of Gilvie L. Coddington, deceased, for damages.
To a complaint in two paragraphs, the appellee filed answer in general denial, and the issues thus made were submitted to a jury for trial. At the close of the evidence offered by appellant in chief, appellee requested the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict for the defendant, which motion was by the court sustained, and the jury instructed accordingly, to which action by the court the appellant duly excepted. He then filed his motion for a new trial, in which he challenged the action…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Indianapolis Street Railway Co. v. SchmidtIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904
- West v. National Casualty Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1916
- Bates v. PricketIndiana Supreme Court · 1854
- Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. v. LottichIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ReedIndiana Court of Appeals · 1905
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- Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co. v. WallaceIndiana Court of Appeals · 1932