Robbins v. Ft. Wayne Iron & Steel Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Dekalb Circuit Court; Emmet A. Bratton, Judge. Action by Mary C. Robbins, as administratrix of the estate of Theodore A. Robbins, deceased, against the Pt. Wayne Iron & Steel Company. Prom a judgment for defendant on the answers to the interrogatories notwithstanding a general verdict for plaintiff for $1,500, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMyers, J.
Appellant, as administratrix, commenced this action in the Superior Court of Allen County against appellee, a manufacturing company, to recover damages by reason of the death of Theodore A. Robbins, alleged to have been caused by appellee’s failure properly to guard certain parts of its machinery. The venue was changed to the Dekalb Circuit Court, where the cause of action, as stated in the amended third paragraph of complaint, answered in denial, was submitted to a jury, resulting in a general verdict for appellant, with answers to fifty-four interrogatories. Appellant’s motion for judgment…
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