Jackson v. Rutledge
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Gibson Circuit Court; Simon L. Vandeveer, Judge. Action by Sylvanius E. Rutledge against William J. Jackson, receiver. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
— Appellee recovered a judgment for $20,000 for personal injuries sustained by him as a result of a rear-end collision between two freight trains operated on a railroad of which appellant was receiver. At the time of the collision appellee was in the employ of appellant acting as conductor of extra train 901 running north from Seiffert to Terre Haute, and when about three-fourths of a mile north of Youngs, the train, of which appellee was conductor, was run into from the rear by the locomotive of regular train 362 operated by servants of appellant. Train 901 left Seiffert under a caution…
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