Legal Opinion

Consolidated Stone Co. v. Staggs

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 8, 1905No. 20,486PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Erom Greene Circuit Court; Orion B. Harris, Judge. Action by Lila Staggs as administratrix of tbe estate of Jobn Staggs, deceased, against tbe Consolidated Stone Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Appealed from Appellate Court under §133Tj Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.

1Opinion of the CourtGillett, J.

Action by appellee for tbe negligent killing of her decedent. Tbe suit was commenced in tbe Monroe Circuit Court, and tbe issues were made up there as to tbe first and second paragraphs of tbe complaint. Tbe venue was afterwards changed to tbe Greene Circuit Court. There was a third paragraph of complaint filed there, and, upon tbe closing of tbe issues, there was a trial by jury, which re-*333suited in a verdict in appellee’s favor for $7,000, on which judgment was rendered.

1. The first assignment of error is that “the court erred in overruling appellant’s motion to make the third paragraph of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. City of Delphi v. LoweryIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. BuckIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Indianapolis & Greenfield Rapid Transit Co. v. ForemanIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BurtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. MartinIndiana Supreme Court · 1903

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  4. Estate of Pickens v. PickensIndiana Supreme Court · 1970
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