Valparaiso Lighting Co. v. Letherman
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Lake Circuit Court; W. O. McMahan, Judge. Action by Andrew P. Letherman, as administrator of the estate of Daniel P. Horner, deceased, against the Valparaiso Lighting Company. Prom a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $5,000, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
Appellee, as administrator of the estate of Daniel P. Horner, deceased, recovered a judgment for damages against appellant, for the death of said Horner, caused by the alleged negligence of appellant.
There were two paragraphs of complaint, a demurrer to each of which, for want of sufficient facts, was overruled. The court also overruled appellant’s motion for a new trial.
1. After showing the representative character of appellee, and that appellant is a corporation owning, operating and conducting a gas-plant, with the necessary buildings, tanks, retorts and appliances for manufacturing gas…
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