Indianapolis Southern Railroad v. Emmerson
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Monroe Circuit Court; James B. Wilson, Judge. Action by Maude E. Emmerson, by her next friend, Sarah E. Yockey, against the Indianapolis Southern Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHottel, C. J.
Appellee recovered a judgment in the court below for $5,000 for injuries which she alleged she received by being thrown from one of appellant’s trains when a passenger thereon. The cause was tried by a jury which, returned a general verdict for appellee in the above amount, with answers to interrogatories.
Appellant’s demurrer to the complaint, its motion for judgment on the answers to interrogatories and for a new trial were each overruled, and these rulings present the alleged errors assigned and relied on.
That part of the complaint necessary to present the objection made thereto and other…
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