Wabash Railroad v. Miller
Indiana Supreme Court
From Adams Circuit Court; D. D. Heller, Judge. Action by Sebastian Miller against the Wabash Railroad Company for damages from fire escaping from defendant’s right of way. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
This cause comes to us from the Appellate Court under the provision of §1362 Burns 1894, with a recommendation that we “modify and give a broader application” to the rule of evidence which seems to be declared in Hobson v. Doe, 2 Blackf. 308, and apparently approved in Rooker v. Parsley, 72 Ind. 497, and Woollen v. Whitacre, 91 Ind. 502. See, Wabash R. Co. v. Miller, 27 Ind. App. 180.
This is a second appeal. The suit was- commenced in Allen county. The opinion of the Appellate Court reversing the judgment rendered at the first trial was certified to the superior court of Allen county on the…
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