Parker v. Pennsylvania Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Bartholomew Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHackney, J.
The appellant sued the appellee for damages in causing the death of William A. Parker.
The complaint was in four paragraphs, to all of- which the circuit court sustained a demurrer, and this ruling is here presented for review. The theory of the first and third paragraphs is that the death was negligently produced, while the second and 'fourth paragraphs proceed upon the theory of willfulness in the acts complained of. The controlling facts alleged in any one of the paragraphs are that, in the city of Columbus, the appellee maintains a railway switch, running east and west, and crossing the…
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