Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Locke
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Wabash Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, C. J.
Abia K. Locke, as administrator of the estate of John Bradley, deceased, brought this action against the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company and th'e *406Western Union Telegraph Company to recover damages for wrongfully causing the death of Bradley.
There was a verdict against both defendants below, and a judgment against the railway company alone.
The evidence most favorable to the plaintiff tended to establish the following facts:
On the 14th day of November, 1882, John Bradley, a citizen of Wabash county, aged about forty-four years, was engaged with some workmen in loading logs on a…
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