Indiana Union Traction Co. v. Langley
Indiana Supreme Court
From Delaware Circuit Court; Joseph Q-. Leffler, Judge. Action by Joseph Langley against the Indiana Union Traction Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appellee sued appellant for personal injuries, and recovered a judgment for $550.
*136The complaint alleges that appellant was operating an interurban electric railway, and appellee was riding as a passenger in one of its cars, when the same was negligently derailed, causing the injury in controversy.
The only important question involved here is whether appellee was, when injured, a passenger on appellant’s car.
Appellant contends that appellee was riding free on its passenger-car, from his work to his home, in the capacity of a servant, and not as a passenger, and that the injury he received was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Indianapolis Street Railway Co. v. SchmidtIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904
- Dickinson v. West End Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- McNulty v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Doyle v. Fitchburg RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
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