New York Cent. RR Co. v. JOHNSON, ADMX., ETC.

This appeal reaches us by transfer from the Appellate Court for failure of four judges to agree, under §4-209, Burns’ 1946 Replacement.

This is an appeal from a judgment on a verdict for the appellee in the sum of $8,500 for the wrongful death of appellee’s decedent, who was her adult daughter. The complaint charged and the evidence disclosed that on the evening of November 27, 1949, at about 8:30 o’clock, appellee’s decedent had purchased a ticket from Gary to Detroit, Michigan, and was standing on the platform of appellant waiting to board a train to Detroit. Before she could do so, another…