Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Henry
Indiana Supreme Court
From Union Circuit Court; George L. Gray, Judge. Action by John Henry, Sr., as administrator of the estate of John Henry, Jr., against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $3,000, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court under §1394 Bums 1908, subd. 2, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Appellee’s decedent, an employe of a traveling show company, was fatally injured in a collision while being hauled by appellant in a car belonging to his employer.
The complaint alleges that the John H. Sparks Show Company was engaged in giving exhibitions in towns and cities of Indiana, and to enable it to transfer its employes, animals and property from one place to another, owned and had in use four railway cars, properly fitted up and arranged for the business; that the decedent was an employe of the show company, which company had a contract with appellant to haul said show cars from…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. KeeferIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. MahoneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1897
- Coup v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1885
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