Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. McNeil
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Superior Court of Marion County (56,491); James M. Leathers, Judge. Action by George R. McNeil, by liis next friend, against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. Erom a judgment on a verdict for $4,500, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWiley, P. J.
Action by appellee against appellant to recover damages for personal injuries claimed to have been inflicted by one of appellant’s trains -while running on the Belt Railroad in the corporate limits of the city of Indianapolis. The amended complaint was in a single paragraph, to which a demurrer was overruled. Overruling the demurrer to the complaint and the motion for a new trial are assigned as errors.
The negligence relied upon is backing a train within the corporate limits of the city of Indianapolis, in violation of a city ordinance, which, is set out in the complaint. This ordinance…
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