Legal Opinion

Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. Long

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1887No. 12,945PublishedCited by 33 opinions

From the Marion Superior Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.

Long, as administrator of the estate of 'Charles Hampton, deceased, sued the appellant railway company to recover damages for wrongfully and negligently causing the death of the decedent.

The paragraph of the complaint to which the evidence seems to have been addressed charges, that the negligence consisted in the employees of the railway company backing a locomotive engine and certain cars under their control and management over and upon Hampton, without giving him warning of their approach, and in violation of sections 1 and 11 of an ordinance of the city of Indianapolis, the accident having…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Randall v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Schofield v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  4. Tuttle v. Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee RailwaySupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  5. Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Nichols v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of Colorado · 1908
  2. Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Co. v. StevensonIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. PetersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  4. Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. CharmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Dull v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1899

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