Legal Opinion

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Wilson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 1903No. 19,721PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Erom Porter Circuit Court; J. IT. Gillette Judge. Action by John "Wilson against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. Erom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.

1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.

— Appellee brought this action against appellant to recover damages for property destroyed by fire alleged to have escaped from a passing engine. A trial of said cause by a jury resulted in a general verdict in favor of appellee, and over appellant’s motion for a judgment in its favor on answers to the interrogatories notwithstanding the general verdict, and its motion for a new trial, judgment was rendered against appellant on said general verdict. •

The errors assigned call in question the action of the court in overruling appellant’s demurrer'to each paragraph of the complaint, its motion…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Consolidated Stone Co. v. SummitIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. McCartneyIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. JonesIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Westervelt v. National Paper & Supply Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Indiana Horseshoe Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1900

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Nickey v. SteuderIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Perry, Matthews-Buskirk Stone Co. v. WilsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Chicago, Indiana & Eastern Railway Co. v. Wysor Land Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Albaugh Bros., Dover & Co. v. LynasIndiana Court of Appeals · 1911
  5. Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. ShelleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1904

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