Dickason v. Indiana Creosoting Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From Monroe Circuit Court; James B. Wilson, Judge. Action by Milton L. Dickason against The Indiana Creosoting Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1908, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
This was a common-law action by appellant, for personal injuries, for alleged negligence. There are four paragraphs of complaint. It is alleged that appellee operated a plant for creosoting crossties, and appellant was one of its employes; that the plant was, among other things, equipped with a nontransparent metal cylindrical tank, thirty feet high, and thirty feet in diameter, with a top covered with sheet metal, containing a manhole, two feet in diameter, with a loose metal covering therefor; that the tank was used to receive and store creosote oil, taken from oil tanks, on railway cars;…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- National Biscuit Co. v. WilsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- City of Franklin v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
- Indiana Union Traction Co. v. AbramsIndiana Supreme Court · 1913
3Cited by2 opinions
- Ochs v. TiltonIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
- Sears v. MoranIndiana Supreme Court · 1945