Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Barnes
Indiana Supreme Court
From Laporte Circuit Court; John G. Richter, Judge. Action by Jennie Barnes against tbe Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $5,500, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §133^ Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
—Action by appellee for personal injuries, received at a railroad crossing, alleged to have been caused by tbe appellant’s negligence. Upon issues joined there was a verdict and judgment for tbe plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals.
*9The complaint is in two paragraphs. The first alleges that the defendant negligently ran its train of cars over the grade crossing at the Michigan road, situate 200 feet east of the east corporation line of the town of New Carlisle, at the dangerous speed of fifty miles an hour, without sounding the engine whistle, or ringing the bell, or otherwise warning…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Warner v. . the New York Cen. R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
- Newhard v. Pennsylvania R. R.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Terre Haute & Indianapolis R. R. v. ClarkIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. McFallIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
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