City of Indianapolis v. Williams
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Johnson Circuit Court; Wm. E. Deupree, Judge. Action by Kate Williams, as guardian of Andrew Williams, against the City of Indianapolis. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.
On September 11, 1910, Fred Williams, a boy eleven years old, was drowned while swimming in Pogue’s Run in the city of Indianapolis. He lost his life in what is known as the “sewer hole” at the intersection of Wisconsin Street and Pogue’s Run. To the complaint in three paragraphs charging appellant with negligently causing the death of Fred Williams, demurrers were filed and overruled, and the cause put at issue by an answer of general denial. A trial by a jury was had in the Johnson Circuit Court, where the cause had been venued, and a verdict rendered in favor of appellee in the sum of…
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