Union Traction Co. v. Berry
Indiana Supreme Court
From Marion Superior Court (99,476); Henry N. Spawn, Special Judge. Action by Noah D. Berry, administrator of the estate of Charles Elliot, deceased, against the Union Traction Company. From a judgment for the plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
— Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Charles Elliott, recovered a judgment in the trial court for damages resulting from the death of said Elliott, which he alleges was caused by appellant in the operation of one of its cars.
The record shows that Elliott was a passenger on one of appellant’s street cars' in the city of Muncie at the time he received the injury which caused his death. The car on which he was a passenger was operated on a track which extended across, a bridge of White river, and which was constructed so close to the girders as to leave only a narrow space between the…
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