Legal Opinion

City of Indianapolis v. Tansel

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1901No. 19,397PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Erom B'oone Circuit Court; B. 8. Higgins, Judge. Action by Jasper O. Tansel against tbe city of Indianapolis for personal injuries. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.

Appellee recovered judgment for $7,000 on account of personal injuries. Appellant assigns that the court erred in overruling (1) its motion for judgment on the jury’s answers to interrogatories and (2) its motion for a new trial.

The motion for judgment is predicated on this interrogatory and answer: “Did the defendant city, at the time plaintiff received his alleged injury, have actual notice of the broken condition of the culvert where it is alleged plaintiff fell? Answer: No evidence.” The general verdict found all the material averments of the complaint to be true. If the complaint counted…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Adams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1901
  2. Peerless Stone Co. v. WrayIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  3. City of Fort Wayne v. PattersonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1891
  4. Murray v. WeberSupreme Court of Iowa · 1894
  5. Rains v. BallowIndiana Supreme Court · 1876

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Nickey v. SteuderIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Guth v. BellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
  3. Kuykendall v. County CommissionersIndiana Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Johnson v. RuleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1933
  5. Central Union Telephone Co. v. SokolaIndiana Court of Appeals · 1905

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