Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Hickman

Action by appellee for the recovery of damages averred to have been caused by the death, through appellant’s. negligence, of appellee7s son, who was not quite ten years of age. The complaint was in one paragraph. Its substance is that on March 10, 1905, appellant’s railroad, consisting of a main track and side-track, crossed Depot street in the city of Loogootee; that the distance between said tracks was five feet, and that appellant negligently maintained certain buildings upon its right of way adjacent to said side-track, and negligently placed cars upon said side-track and in said street,…