Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Charman
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Delaware Circuit Court; J. G. Leffler, Judge. Action by Richard Oharman, administrator of the estate of Prank Coffman, deceased, against the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company and another. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
— Suit by appellee against appellants to recover damages for negligently causing the death of Prank Coffman, appellee’s decedent. The complaint is in two paragraphs, to which appellants separately demurred for insufficiency of facts — the railroad company generally, and Oliver to each paragraph thereof. These demurrers were overruled, and appellants answered jointly by general denial. Trial by jury, and a general verdict against both defendants for $2,100, with which were returned answers to a large number of interrogatories.
Appellants have separately assigned as error the overruling of the…
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