Jarvis v. Hitch
Indiana Supreme Court
From Gibson Circuit Court; O. M. Welborn, Judge. Action by Oscar Hitch against George T. Jarvis, receiver of the Louisville, Evansville '& St. Louis Consolidated Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court, under clause two of §1337j Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, C. J.
— This action was brought under the fourth 1 subdivision of §1 of the act of March 4, 1893 (Acts 1893, *218p. 294, §7083 Burns 1901) by appellee to recover damages for a personal injury received by him while in .the service of appellant by reason of the alleged negligence of a person in the service of said appellant who had “charge of a locomotive engine upon a railway.” A trial of said cause resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of appellee.
The errors assigned call in question the action of the court in overruling appellant’s demurrer to the complaint, appellant’s demurrer to the second…
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