Haskell & Barker Car Co. v. Brant
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Porter Superior Court; Marry B. Tuthill, Judge. Action by Herbert Brant against tbe Haskell and Barker Car Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, tbe defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtIbach, P. J.
— This was an action by appellee for personal injuries. He recovered a judgment, for $300.
1. It is conceded that tbe action is tksed on tbe common-law liability, and, while tbe complaint is in no sense a model, we are satisfied that tbe averments are sufficient to charge 'negligence on tbe part of tbe employer in failing to guard and protect an incandescent electric light globe so that it would not be broken by some object striking against it, and that such negligence was tbe proximate cause of tbe injury.
Tbe only error assigned by appellant for a reversal of tbe judgment is tbe overruling of…
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