Lake Erie & Western Railway Co. v. Watkins
Indiana Supreme Court
Erom Delaware Circuit Court; J. G. Lefler, Judge. Action by J. H. Watkins against the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company for a horse killed by defendant’s cars. From a judgment for plaintiff in the circuit court for $70, affirming a judgment rendered before a justice of the peace, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, C. J.
This case has been transferred by the
Appellate to the Supreme Court in order that the latter may pass upon appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal, in opposing, which motion, appellant raises the constitutional validity of §6 of an act of the legislature “concerning appeals”, approved March 12, 1901, which was in full force *602from and after that date by virtue of the emergency therein declared. Acts 1901, p. 565. Section 6 of the act being §1337f Burns 1901, reads as follows: “No appeal shall hereafter be taken to the Supreme Court or to the Appellate Court in any civil case which is within the…
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