Indianapolis Telephone Co. v. Sproul
Indiana Court of Appeals
Action by William E. Sproul against the Indianapolis Telephone Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRoby, J.
Action by appellee. Complaint in one paragraph. Demurrer for want of facts overruled. Answer in general denial. Trial by jury. Verdict for $2,500, with answers to ninety-seven interrogatories. Motions for judgment on such answers and for a new trial were overruled. Judgment on the verdict.
The complaint covers four closely printed pages of appellant's brief. Its substance is that plaintiff was on January 23, 1906, in the employ of defendant as a cableman; that it was his duty, as ordered, to repair breaks in cables of a telephone system owned and operated by defendant in Indianapolis ; that on…
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