City of Delphi v. Lowery

The questions, which the record of this case presents, arise upon the ruling denying appellant’s motion for a new trial.

William A. Lowery, the appellee’s intestate, lost his life hy drowning in the Wabash and Erie canal, at a point within, or near, the corporate limits of the city of Delphi. There ■was evidence tending to prove that the intestate’s death was •attributable to the negligence of the appellant in failing to place barricades about the dangerous place, or to guard it by .signals or warnings of danger. There was also evidence •tending to show that it was the duty of the city to…