Legal Opinion

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis R. R. v. Williams

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1881No. 7230PublishedCited by 29 opinions

From tbe Morgan Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHowk, C. J.

In this action the appellee sued the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries, which he alleged that he had sustained, without fault on his part, while being carried as a passenger in the cars and on the railroad of the appellant, by and through the carelessness and negligence of its servants and agents.

The case having been put at issue was tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned for the appellee, assessing his damages in the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars; and the appellant’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, and its exception saved to this ruling,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Stokes v. SaltonstallSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Edgerton v. . New York Harlem R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1868
  3. Sherlock v. AllingIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Jeffersonville Railroad v. Hendricks' AdministratorIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  5. Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. BuckIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad v. NewellIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Binford v. JohnstonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad v. SpencerIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Carroll v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909

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