Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. Peyton
Indiana Supreme Court
From Martin Circuit Court; H. Q. Houghton, Judge. Action by Maude E. Peyton, administratrix of the estate of George J. Peyton, deceased, against the Southern Indiana Railway Company for the death of decedent, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
The Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad Company owns and operates a railroad running north and south by the town of Elnora, in Daviess county, at which place it maintains a station. The Southern Indiana Railway Company, appellant, owns and operates a railroad running east and west from Elnora to Westport, in Decatur county. The latter company uses the former’s Elnora station, which it reaches, from the north, by means of passing its trains over the north stem of a Y onto' the main track of the Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad Company, thence backing down to the station, and thence…
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