Evansville & Richmond Railroad v. Doan

Crumpacker, J. —

Doan sued the railroad company for damages resulting from a personal injury to him while in the *454service of the company, on account of the alleged negligence of the latter.

The plaintiff had judgment below, and the company appeals and assigns for error: First. That the court erred in overruling the demurrer to the complaint.

The complaint alleges, in substance, that the defendant had a construction train on its railroad upon which were engaged a number of laborers; that the railroad track from a station called Indian Springs, in Martin county, to a point near Bedford, in Lawrence…