Fauvre Coal Co. v. Kushner
Indiana Supreme Court
From Vigo Circuit Court; Samuel D. Royse, Special Judge. Action by John Kushner, by his next friend, against the Fauvre Coal Company. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under Acts 1901 p. 590, §1405 Burns 1914.)
1Opinion of the CourtWilloughby, J.
— This was an action by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by appellee while he was working in appellant’s coal mine. The complaint counts on a liability under the Employers' Liability Act of March 2, 1911, and is in one paragraph.
The appellant filed a motion to require the plaintiff to make his complaint more specific and more definite and certain, and also filed a demurrer alleging that said complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against defendant. Both of these were overruled, and the appellant…
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