Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad v. Hiatt

Hiatt sued. The Evansville and Crawfordsville Railroad Company, to recover damages occasioned by an injury he received from the cars on said road, and recovered a judgment for $1,200. The company has appealed to this Court. The complaint, in the case, does not aver that the *103plaintiff was not in fault, but it alleges that he, for the purpose of rescuing his father, jumped upon the railroad track, with full knowledge of the nearness and speed of the train, his father, old and infirm, having also entered upon, and , ’ , . ” „ , , . started up the track, immediately m front of the approaching…