Town of Winamac v. Stout
Indiana Supreme Court
From Starke Circuit Court; John G. Nye, Judge. Action by Frank Stout against the Town of Winamac. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $500, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1337u Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtG-illett, J.
Action by appellee against appellant to recover damages for negligence in the maintaining of a sidewalk. Error is sought to be predicated upon assignments of error drawing in question alleged rulings of the court below if1 respect to the first and second paragraphs of the complaint, respectively, and also on the overruling of a motion for new trial.
1. The complaint was in two paragraphs, and the objection urged against each of said paragraphs is that it does not sufficiently appear that the alleged negligence of appellant was the proximate cause of the injury. Appellee’s counsel make the…
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