Menaugh v. Bedford Belt Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Lawrence Circuit Court; W. E. Martin, Judge. Action by Lizzie R. Menaugb as administratrix against the Bedford Belt Railway Company and another for damages on account of the death of her husband. Erom a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
April 18, 1899, appellee, the Southern Indiana Eailroad Company, operated the Bedford Belt Bail-way, a short line of railroad running from the city of Bed-ford into the stone quarrying district. At the date given, - appellant’s decedent, who was her husband, boarded an empty passenger coach standing on the main track in front of a locomotive at the station called Oolitic, the locomotive having behind it about twelve cars, chiefly flats, loaded with stone. Decedent entered the coach without direction or invitation from any employe of the company, the conductor at the time being up the road…
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