Southern Railway Co. v. Adams
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Harrison Circuit Court; William Ridley, Judge. Action by Leander C. Adams against the Southern Railway Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFelt, P. J.
This is a suit by appellee against appellants for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of appellants’ negligence.
The facts not in dispute show that appellants are common carriers of passengers: that appellee was a passenger on one of their trains, and while riding as such passenger, the train was derailed and appellee was injured. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of appellee, and with it, answers to 67 interrogatories.
Appellants have assigned as error the overruling of the demurrer to the complaint, the overruling of the separate motions of each appellant for judgment…
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