Legal Opinion

Croy v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1884No. 11,389PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From the Montgomery Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Black, C.

The appellant brought his action against the appellee to recover, under the statute, damages for the injuring of cattle by running a locomotive and train of cars upon them.

A general verdict for the defendant was returned, with answers to interrogatories, which were propounded to the jury by each party. The plaintiff moved for judgment upon the answers to the interrogatories, notwithstanding the general verdict. This motion was overruled, as was also the plaintiff's motion for a new trial.

In order that the special findings of a jury in answer to interrogatories may control the general…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Baltimore, Ohio & Chicago Railroad v. KreigerIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Indianapolis, Bloomington, & Western R. W. Co. v. McBrownIndiana Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Evansville & Crawfordsville R. R. v. EppersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. W. Co. v. FrancisIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. W. Co. v. SmithIndiana Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. ShanklinIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. DowneyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1897
  3. Childers v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1895
  4. Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad v. O'KeefeIndiana Court of Appeals · 1892
  5. Meeker v. N. P. R. R. Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1892

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