Legal Opinion

Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis Railroad v. Vancant

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1872PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPEAL from the Morgan Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtPettit, C. J.

This suit was brought in the county of Johnson, where the injury was done, and changed to Morgan county, on the application by affidavit of the appellant that she could not have a fair trial, etc., for the killing of a mare by the engine and cars of the appellant.

The complaint was in two paragraphs; first, that the killing was at a point where the road was not securely fenced; second, that the killing was by gross negligence and carelessness. Demurrer to the whole complaint for want of sufficient facts overruled and exception. It is admitted that the second paragraph is good; but it is…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis Railroad v. BrevoortIndiana Supreme Court · 1868

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sutherland v. HankinsIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Hutchinson v. LemckeIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Hanenkratt v. HamilSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1900
  4. Fort Wayne, Muncie, & Cincinnati R. R. v. MussetterIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  5. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. WhitesellIndiana Supreme Court · 1879

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