Bennett v. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad
Indiana Supreme Court
Front Greene Circuit Court; Charles E. Henderson, Judge. Action by Lula Bennett, Administratrix of the estate of Emery C. Bennett, deceased, against the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company and another. From a judgment for defendants, the plaintiff appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court with its recommendations under §1429 Burns 1908, Acts 1893 p. 29.)
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
Appellant instituted an action against appellees for damages for alleged negligence in the killing of her husband. The complaint is in one paragraph, the material portion of which, so far as the question before us is concerned, is as follows: That appellant’s decedent was the employe of defendants, that he was employed as a member of a bridge gang on the Evansville and Indianapolis division of defendant’s road; that one Clark was the boss or foreman of the gang, and had under him a number of men, naming them; that on July 4, 1907, defendants sent out an extra work train for the purpose of…
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