Evansville & Terre Haute Railway Co. v. Berndt
Indiana Supreme Court
Prom Posey Circuit Court; O. M. Welborn, Judge. Action by Henry W. Berndt, as administrator of the estate of Charles C. Berndt, deceased, against the Evansville and Terre Haute Railway Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, C. J.
Appellee recovered a judgment for $7,166 against appellant for causing the death of Charles C. Berndt at a grade crossing in the city of Evansville. Errors have been assigned upon the overruling of (1) appellant’s demurrer to the complaint, and (2) its motion for a new trial.
The complaint alleged, in substance, that William street in the city of Evansville was used constantly by the public for travel and traffic at a point where it was crossed by a number of appellant’s tracks, and that a certain ordinance of the city required appellant to maintain automatic safety gates on each side of its…
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