Standard Oil Co. v. Helmick

The appellee sued the appellant to recover damages for a personal injury, caused to him, as alleged, by the negligence of the appellant as the employer of the appellee. The circuit court overruled a demurrer, for want of sufficient facts, to the complaint. The issues formed upon the complaint were tried by a jury, resulting in a special verdict under the law of 1895, upon which the court rendered judgment for the plaintiff-.

The errors assigned call in question the action of the court in overruling the demurrer to the complaint^ and the sufficiency of the facts found in the special verdict to…