Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Roberts
Indiana Supreme Court
From Daviess Circuit Court; H. Q. Houghton, Judge. Action by Edward M. Roberts against the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company. From ajudg-' ment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtJordan, J.
— Action by appellee against appellant for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of the latter while in its employ as a switchman.
The complaint is in two paragraphs, to each of which a demurrer for insufficiency of facts was overruled. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict returned finding expressly in favor of plaintiff on both the first and second paragraphs of his (jomplaint, and damages were assessed in the sum of $3,000, and, over appellant’s motion for a new trial, judgment was rendered for that amount.
The errors assigned are based on overruling the demurrer to each…
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