Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. Isgrig
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Hamilton Circuit Court; Meade Vestal, Judge. Action by Sallie Isgrig, administratrix of the estate of William E. Isgrig, deceased, against the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtErwin, J.
This was an action against appellant for negligence in causing the death of appellee’s decedent, begun in the Marion Superior Court, and by reason of changes of venue was tried in the Hamilton Circuit Court where a verdict was returned for appellee for $5,000.
The assignment of errors presents two questions: (1) The sustaining of a demurrer to appellant’s second paragraph of answer; (2) the overruling of the motion for a new trial.
The second paragraph of answer seeks to avoid liability on the part of the appellant by reason of the alleged fact, that appellee was riding on a pass, given him by…
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