Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. West
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Grant Circuit Court; E. A. Huffman, Special Judge. Action by Joseph A. West against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHenley, C. J.
Action by appellee to- recover damages for the death of his son, caused by the alleged negligent act of the appellant.
About 2':30 o’clock a. m. on the 2d day of August, 1901, one Prank West was driving north on a highway running through the village of ATier, which said highway crossed appellant’s railway track at right angles in said village. The said West was in a rubber-tired, top buggy, drawn by one horse, and, as he passed over appellant’s railroad track, was struck by a locomotive and train of cars running at the rate of about thirty-five miles an hour, by which collision he was killed.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad v. ButlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Malott v. HawkinsIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
- Mann v. Belt Railroad & Stock Yard Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1891
- Smith v. Wabash RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. StickIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Cole v. SearfossIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
- Waking v. Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western RailroadIndiana Court of Appeals · 1920
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. ReynoldsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904
- Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co. v. SchoeffIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914
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