Boes v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad

Appellant filed in the trial court a complaint in one paragraph in which he sought to recover from appellee, damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from appellee’s negligence. A demurrer to the complaint for want of facts was overruled. Appellee then filed an answer in three paragraphs, the first of which is a general denial, the second, a plea of payment, and the third, an affirmative answer setting up in detail facts showing that prior to appellant’s employment by appellee, it, with its associated companies, had organized a relief department which it thereafter continuously…