Hill v. Gust
Indiana Supreme Court
From the St. Joseph Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBuskirk, J.
This was an action, by the appellee, against the appellants, as contractors in the construction of the Chicago and Canada Southern Railroad, to recover damages from them for their alleged careless, negligent and wrongful acts, whereby the appellee lost one of his legs, and was otherwise permanently disabled.
The action was commenced in the Laporte circuit court, and the same changed to the St. Joseph circuit court. There have been two trials of the cause. The first was had upon a complaint containing but one paragraph, which resulted in a verdict for the appellee, in the sum of three thousand…
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