Erie & Western Railway Co. v. Griffin

This suit was commenced by the appellees, against the appellant and the Lafayette, Muncie and Bloomington Bailroad Company, in the Tippecanoe Circuit Court.. The appellant’s ¿lemurrer was sustained to the original complaint, to which ruling the appellees excepted, and, with leave of the court, filed an additional second paragraph of complaint. Thereupon, on the appellees’ motion, the venue of the cause was changed to the court below.

In this latter court, the cause was put at issue and tried by a jury, and a special verdict was returned, upon which the court rendered judgment for the…