Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Lightheiser
Indiana Supreme Court
From Cass Circuit Court; T. F. Palmer, Special Judge. Action by George W. Lightheiser against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment for $10,000 on a verdict for $12,000, a remittitur being filed for $2,000, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.
Appellee brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while in the service of appellant by reason of being knocked down and run over by appellant’s train at its station in the city of Logansport, Indiana. This is the second appeal of said cause. Pittsburgh, etc., R. Co. v. Lightheiser (1904), 163 Ind. 247. On the former appeal the second paragraph of complaint was held sufficient upon demurrer. The other *444paragraphs of the complaint, being the first, third and fourth, were held insufficient, and the cause reversed for that reason.
When the cause was returned to…
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