Cowen v. Ray
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal frpm the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Indiana. Tlie suit below was by tlie appellee as administratrix of tlie estate of Robert M. Ray, deceased, against the appellants, to recover damages for tho death of Kay occurring on the 20th oí April, 180!). The .Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company being in tho hands oí receivers appointed by the Circuit Court for the District of Indiana, this action was by way of petition in the reeeiversliii) suit.
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Appeal frpm the Circuit Court of tbe United States for the District of Indiana. Tlie suit below was by tlie appellee as administratrix of tlie estate of Robert M. Ray, deceased, against the appellants, to recover damages for tho death of Kay occurring on the 20th oí April, 180!). The .Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company being in tho hands oí receivers appointed by the Circuit Court for the District of Indiana, this action was by way of petition in the reeeiversliii) suit. The court below found in favor of the appellee in the sum of seven thousand live hundred dollars, and ordered the sum paid…
1Opinion of the Court
After the foregoing statement of- the case,
G-ROSSOUP, Circuit Judge,
delivered the, opinion of the court, as follows:
The liability in this case is controlled by the following Indiana legislation: Section seven thousand and eighty-three of the Revised Statutes of Indiana, which reads as follows:
“That every railroad or other corporation, except municipal, operating in this state, shall be liable for damages for personal injury suffered by any employe while in its service, the employe so injured being in the exercise of due care and diligence, in the following cases: * * * Fourth: Where such…
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- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HoseaIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
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