Ackerman v. Pere Marquette Railroad
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Porter Circuit Court; W. G. McMahan, Judge. Action by Joseph Ackerman and another against the Pere Marquette Railroad Company. Prom a judgment for defendant, the plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, J.
On November 29, 1909, appellants were engaged in constructing a macadamized road in Laporte County, Indiana, and in this connection were using a steam roller to pack the material out of which the road was being constructed. The line of work crossed appellee’s railroad, and while the steam roller was being operated in close proximity to appellee’s track, it was struck by a locomotive drawing a passenger train and badly damaged. To a complaint charging negligence, an answer of general denial was addressed; a trial was had before a jury in the Porter Circuit Court, where the cause had been…
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