Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. Coon
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Newton Circuit Court; Charles W. Hanley. Judge. Action by Percy Coon against the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHottel, J.
This is an action brought by appellee against appellant to recover damages on account of injuries sustained by appellee by being struck by one of appellant’s trains at a crossing of appellant’s track with one of the streets of the town of Brook.
The complaint is in one paragraph, to which a demurrer was filed and overruled, and the issues closed by an answer in general denial. There was a trial, resulting in a verdict for appellee in the sum of $1,500. Motion for a new trial was overruled, and defendant excepted. Judgment was rendered on the verdict.
Appellant relies for reversal on the…
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