Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Mitchell
Indiana Supreme Court
From Superior Court of Allen County; Howard L. Townsend, Special Judge. Action by Robert G. Mitchell, administrator of the estate of William A. Jones, deceased, against the .Chicago and Erie Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 565.)
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, C. J.
1. 2. Action for death, involving the relation of master and servant,, under the rules of the common-law except as modified by the.act of March 2, 1911, known as the Employer’s Liability Act. Acts 1911 p. 145, §§8020a-8020k Burns 1914. At common law the servant assumed the ordinary' risks incident to his employment, which included the particular risk of injury from the negligence of a competent fellow servant. Haskell & Barker Car Co. v. Przezdziankowski (1908), 170 Ind. 1, 9, 10, 83 N. E. 626, 127 Am, St. 352, 14 L. R. A. (N. S.) 972. Section 1 of said act (§8020a Burns 1914, supra)…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Vandalia Railroad v. StillwellIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
- Barr v. SumnerIndiana Supreme Court · 1915
- Jenney Electric Manufacturing Co. v. FlanneryIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
- Conner v. Citizens' Street RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
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- Vandalia Railroad v. FryIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919
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