Morrissey v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Superior Court of Tippecanoe County; Henry H. Vinton, Judge. Action by James Morrisey against The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtShea, C. J.
This action was brought by appellant to recover damages for an injury alleged to have been received in a fall on an ice covered sidewalk while passing over appellee’s right of way. The jury returned a general verdict in favor of appellant for $2,750, but the court below sustained appellee’s motion for judgment on the facts found in answer to certain interrogatories submitted to the jury and rendered judgment in its favor.
The errors assigned and relied on by appellant for a reversal are the sustaining of this motion and the overruling of his motion for judgment in his favor upon the general…
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