City of Indianapolis v. Indianapolis Water Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
. From Marion Circuit Court (18,248); Louis B. Ewbank, Judge. Action by the City of Indianapolis against the Indianapolis-Water . Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
— All of the questions presented by this appeal arise out of the action of the trial court in sustaining a demurrer to each of the three paragraphs of appellant’s complaint. This pleading is drawn on the general theory that appellee, as the owner of a canal which lies partly within the boundaries of the city of Indianapolis, is responsible for the construction and maintenance of all bridges over such canal, which are made necessary by the intersection of the same with public streets.
The first paragraph of complaint alleges more particularly that appellant is a municipal corporation of the…
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