Legal Opinion
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad v. Cox
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided November 10, 1893No. 911PublishedCited by 26 opinions
From the LaGrange Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtGavin, C. J.
The appellee recovered judgment for injuries received in a collision with one of appellant’s trains at a highway crossing.
There was clearly no error in the overruling of appellant’s motion for judgment on the answers to interrogatories returned by the jury with their general verdict. It is only when the answers to interrogatories are absolutely irreconcilable with the general verdict that the general verdict will be controlled by them. Schaffner v. Kobert, 2 Ind. App. 409; City of Greenfield v. State, ex rel., 113 Ind. 597; Lockwood v. Rose, 125 Ind. 588.
The court substituted its own…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. StoutIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HedgesIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Pennsylvania Co. v. StegemeierIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Mann v. Belt Railroad & Stock Yard Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus & Indianapolis Railway Co. v. HarringtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Citizens Street Railroad v. HamerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1902
- Fitzmaurice v. PuterbaughIndiana Court of Appeals · 1896
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. RosboroughIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. BraffordIndiana Court of Appeals · 1896
- Keeley Brewing Co. v. ParninIndiana Court of Appeals · 1895
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