Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Tauer
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Boone Circuit Court; Willett H. Parr, Judge. Action by Paul O. Tauer against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff!, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908 Acts 1901 p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This appeal is in an action for damages to personal property, occasioned by fire that originated on appellee's premises within the corporate limits of the city of Lebanon. The damages are alleged to have been aggravated by the negligence of appellant in delaying the city firemen in charge of the fire apparatus on the way to the scene of the fire, by obstructing, with one of its freight-trains, a street along which they had to pass.
Prom a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee for $2,500, this appeal is taken.
Appellant first relies on the action of the trial court in ovei'ruling its…
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- Pennsylvania Co. v. HensilIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
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