State v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From Fountain Circuit Court; Joseph M. Babb, Judge. Action by State against the Cleveland, etc., R. Co., to recover penalties for failure to maintain blackboard of dimensions provided by statute for the announcement of the arrival of trains. From a judgment in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Action to' recover penalties for violation of the provisions of the act of 1889 (Acts 1889, p. 279) as amended in 1897 (Acts 1897, p. 176), commonly known as the “Blackboard law”. Demand $20,000. A demurrer was sustained to each of the two paragraphs of complaint, and plaintiff refusing to amend, judgment was rendered against it.
The single question presented for decision, is whether the penalty provided by section two of the statute is recoverable in a case where the defendant has complied with all the provisions of the law, except in the use of a blackboard “not less than three feet long and…
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