Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Bray
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Hamilton Circuit Court; Ira W. Christian, Judge. Action by Joel D. Bray, as administrator of the estate of' John Sturdevant, deceased, against the Lake Erie Western Eailroad Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $1,000, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
This was an action hy appellee against appellant to recover damages for the death of appellee’s decedent, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellant. The complaint was in one paragraph, to which a demurrer for want of facts was overruled. A general denial formed the issue submitted to a jury, resulting in a general verdict in favor of appellee. With the general verdict the jury returned answers to a number of interrogatories. Over appellant’s motion for judgment on the interrogatories and answers thereto, and its motion for a new trial, .judgment was rendered in favor of…
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- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. McFallIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
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