Legal Opinion

Butler v. City of Kokomo

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided June 27, 1916No. 9,094PublishedCited by 4 opinions

From Howard Circuit Court; William C. Purdum, Judge. Action by Maude S. Butler and another against the city of Kokomo and others. From a judgment for defendants, the plaintiffs appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.

The question for consideration in this cause is one purely of law arising upon the sustaining of a demurrer to the second amended complaint, hereafter styled the complaint, and which in substance alleges: That appellee city of Kokomo is a municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Indiana, and that the appellee Kokomo, Marion & Western Traction Company is a corporation .engaged in the general passenger traffic, owning a line of street railway within the city of Kokomo and especially upon Sycamore street in said city; that in the years of 1909 and 1910 it also operated a…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Weis v. City of MadisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Board of Commissioners v. GibsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad v. State ex rel. City of LawrenceburgIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Sims v. HinesIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Mordhurst v. Ft. Wayne & Southwestern Traction Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1904

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Co. v. GuilfoyleIndiana Supreme Court · 1926
  2. PETERS v. Ryan Construction Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1955
  3. Sekerez v. Lake County Board of CommissionersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Board of Com'rs of Guadalupe County v. StateNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1939

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