Legal Opinion

Woods v. Board of Commissioners

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1891No. 14,980PublishedCited by 22 opinions

From the Hamilton Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMcBride, J.

This was a suit by the appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, and alleged to have been caused by a defective approach to a bridge in Tipton county.

Several errors are assigned and argued, but the conclusion we have reached, after a careful consideration of the evidence, renders it unnecessary to consider or pass upon them.

The facts, as shown by the evidence, are substantially as follows:

Adjoining the town of Tipton, in Tipton county, and forming its southern boundary, is Cicero creek. For a great many years a bridge was maintained over said creek at a point a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Norris v. CaselIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  2. State ex rel. Ruhlman v. RuhlmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Stockwell v. BrantIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Sanders v. WeelburgIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  5. Ledford v. LedfordIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  4. East Hampton Dewitt Corporation and General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company A/K/A State Farm Insurance Companies, Defendant-Appellee-Appellant. Warner National, Inc., and Utica Mutual Insurance Company v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company A/K/A State Farm Insurance Companies, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, and Third-Party v. Maurice L. Rosen, Third-Party State Farm Insurance Company, and Third-Party v. East Hampton Dewitt Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
  5. City of Lafayette v. AshbyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893

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