Newcomer v. Jefferson Township
Indiana Supreme Court
From Tipton Circuit Court; Leroy B. Nash, Judge. Action by Martin V. Newcomer and another against Jefferson Township, Tipton County. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiffs appeal. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
Appellants were copartners in the practice of medicine and surgery, duly licensed. A boy fourteen years of age, a resident of appellee’s township, while riding on a freight train, without right, fell off. His right leg was crushed off just below the knee, and the heel and sole of the left foot were crushed. Suit was instituted by appellants against the township for surgical and medical attention rendered the boy, by a complaint which after alleging the foregoing facts, alleged that in October, 1906, the boy was about fourteen years of age, had no money, property or means of any kind,…
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