Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. Sullivan
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Grant Superior Court; B. F. Harness, Judge. Action by J ames H. Sullivan and another against the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
The complaint alleges that on November 9, 1903, appellees, as partners, were the owners of a sawmill, buildings, lumber, etc., situate in the town of Van Bnren, this State, and contiguous to the right of way used by appellant in operating its trains of cars and locomotive engines through said town, and Grant county; that on said day appellant, in the use of one of its locomotives, and by reason *392of the insufficient, defective, unsafe and dangerous condition of the spark-arrester with which said locomotive was equipped, negligently permitted large coals of fire to be emitted and thrown…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. OstranderIndiana Supreme Court · 1888
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. BarnettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad v. NelsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Indiana Horseshoe Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1900
- McCullen v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
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- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Trustees of Tunnelton Lodge No. 168, K. of P.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1912