Legal Opinion

Elliott v. Brazil Block Coal Co.

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided November 27, 1900No. 3,286PublishedCited by 14 opinions

From the Clay Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHenley, C. J.

—The only question presented by the record in this case arises upon the ruling of the lower court in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to the several paragraphs of appellants’ complaint. The complaint is in three paragraphs and in each paragraph it is alleged that the appellants are the children and only heirs at law of John W. Elliott, who lost his life on the 12th day of January, 1895, in a coal mine owned by appellee. John W. Elliott was a servant of appellee, and his death was caused through the negligent acts of appellee. Appellants were all minors at the time of the death of their father…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. State v. GerhardtIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Humphries v. DavisIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Indianapolis, Pittsburg, & Cleveland Railroad v. Keely's AdministratorIndiana Supreme Court · 1864
  4. Shea v. City of MuncieIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Bruckner's lessee v. LawrenceMichigan Supreme Court · 1843

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. General Motors Corp. v. ArnettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Nicholson v. Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. McRae v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
  4. Starr v. City of GaryIndiana Supreme Court · 1934
  5. Wilson v. Jackson Hill Coal & Coke Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1911

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